Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 842 kr
Municipal tax
- 406 kr
Other tax
- 14.78 kr
Total tax
- 421 kr
Net pay
* 2 421 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.2%
Average tax rate
14.8%
85.2%
Net pay
14.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 421 kr
Net pay
893 kr
Tax the employer pays
421 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 314 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 893 kr to pay you 2 842 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 14.8% tax rate now rises to 35.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 34 104 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 5 055 kr. That means that your net pay will be 29 049 kr per year, or 2 421 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 14.8% and your marginal tax rate is 36.2%. 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 36.17 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.83 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 638 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 192 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 31 150
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 29 705
12.9%
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.