Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5 499 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 222 kr
Other tax
- 44.85 kr
Total tax
- 1 267 kr
Net pay
* 4 232 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.7%
Average tax rate
23.0%
77.0%
Net pay
23.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4 232 kr
Net pay
1 728 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 267 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 995 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 728 kr to pay you 5 499 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.45 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23% tax rate now rises to 41.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 65 988 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 15 205 kr. That means that your net pay will be 50 783 kr per year, or 4 232 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 23.0% and your marginal tax rate is 28.7%. 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 28.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.35 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 714 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 568 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 60 275
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 52 505
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 65 988
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 65 988
0.0%
2
Pakistan
SEK 62 904
4.7%
3
Thailand
SEK 62 360
5.5%
4
Taiwan
SEK 60 147
8.9%
5
Philippines
SEK 60 135
8.9%
6
Indonesia
SEK 58 471
11.4%
7
South Korea
SEK 58 394
11.5%
8
Malaysia
SEK 58 223
11.8%
9
New Zealand
SEK 58 142
11.9%
10
India
SEK 56 680
14.1%
11
Singapore
SEK 55 675
15.6%
12
Vietnam
SEK 54 065
18.1%
13
Japan
SEK 53 621
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
SEK 52 262
20.8%
15
China
SEK 49 606
24.8%
16
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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.