Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 167 kr
Municipal tax
- 519 kr
Other tax
- 18.76 kr
Total tax
- 538 kr
Net pay
* 2 629 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
17.0%
83.0%
Net pay
17.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 629 kr
Net pay
995 kr
Tax the employer pays
538 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 533 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 995 kr to pay you 3 167 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 38 004 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 6 459 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31 545 kr per year, or 2 629 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 17.0% 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 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64 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 3 200 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 34 712
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 32 779
13.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 38 004
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 38 004
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 38 004
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 37 523
1.3%
4
Thailand
SEK 36 104
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 35 981
5.3%
6
Indonesia
SEK 34 942
8.1%
7
Taiwan
SEK 34 640
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 33 923
10.7%
9
Malaysia
SEK 33 516
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 33 485
11.9%
11
India
SEK 33 444
12.0%
12
China
SEK 32 993
13.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 31 900
16.1%
14
Japan
SEK 30 882
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 30 099
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 36 512
3.9%
1
Colombia
SEK 38 474
7.3%
2
Brazil
SEK 34 996
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
SEK 34 983
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 34 413
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 34 360
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 34 014
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 33 824
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 33 254
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 31 315
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 30 758
19.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 28 114
26.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 37 624
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 35 184
7.4%
2
Kenya
SEK 32 636
14.1%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 32 062
15.6%
4
Cameroon
SEK 32 027
15.7%
5
Mozambique
SEK 30 960
18.5%
6
Zambia
SEK 30 508
19.7%
7
Ghana
SEK 29 790
21.6%
8
Angola
SEK 29 004
23.7%
9
Senegal
SEK 28 079
26.1%
10
Uganda
SEK 27 912
26.6%
11
Nigeria
SEK 27 200
28.4%
12
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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.