Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 958 kr
Municipal tax
- 98.88 kr
Other tax
- 2.98 kr
Total tax
- 102 kr
Net pay
* 1 856 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
5.2%
94.8%
Net pay
5.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 856 kr
Net pay
615 kr
Tax the employer pays
102 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
717 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 615 kr to pay you 1 958 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.2% tax rate now rises to 27.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23 496 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 1 222 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22 274 kr per year, or 1 856 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 5.2% and your marginal tax rate is 36.0%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 36.04 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.96 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 640 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 198 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 21 461
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 21 159
10.0%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Norrbotten tables of Sweden, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.