Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
31 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 10 384 kr
Other tax
- 189 kr
Total tax
- 10 573 kr
Net pay
* 20 427 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.2%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
20 427 kr
Net pay
9 740 kr
Tax the employer pays
10 573 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20 313 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 9 740 kr to pay you 31 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.55 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 49.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 372 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 126 874 kr. That means that your net pay will be 245 126 kr per year, or 20 427 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.1% and your marginal tax rate is 38.2%. 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 38.18 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.82 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 618 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 091 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 301 084
19.1%
1
Canada
SEK 273 712
26.4%
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.