Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 415 kr
Municipal tax
- 519 kr
Other tax
- 19.81 kr
Total tax
- 538 kr
Net pay
* 2 877 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.8%
Average tax rate
15.8%
84.2%
Net pay
15.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2 877 kr
Net pay
1 073 kr
Tax the employer pays
538 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 611 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 073 kr to pay you 3 415 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.72 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 15.8% tax rate now rises to 35.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40 980 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 6 462 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34 518 kr per year, or 2 877 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 15.8% and your marginal tax rate is 30.8%. 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 30.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 692 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 461 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 40 980
0.0%
1
Germany
SEK 40 980
0.0%
2
Austria
SEK 40 980
0.0%
3
Ireland
SEK 40 980
0.0%
4
Norway
SEK 40 980
0.0%
5
Spain
SEK 38 378
6.4%
6
Switzerland
SEK 37 897
7.5%
7
Italy
SEK 37 214
9.2%
8
France
SEK 37 005
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 36 472
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 36 452
11.1%
11
Russia
SEK 35 653
13.0%
12
Sweden
SEK 34 518
15.8%
13
Hungary
SEK 33 399
18.5%
14
Ukraine
SEK 32 989
19.5%
15
Poland
SEK 32 179
21.5%
16
Greece
SEK 32 026
21.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 30 510
25.6%
18
Finland
SEK 28 379
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 27 866
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 26 912
34.3%
21
Netherlands
SEK 25 783
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 23 973
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 37 431
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 34 989
14.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 40 980
0.0%
1
Singapore
SEK 40 980
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
SEK 40 980
0.0%
3
Pakistan
SEK 40 425
1.4%
4
Thailand
SEK 38 931
5.0%
5
Philippines
SEK 38 899
5.1%
6
Indonesia
SEK 37 576
8.3%
7
Taiwan
SEK 37 353
8.9%
8
South Korea
SEK 36 538
10.8%
9
Malaysia
SEK 36 142
11.8%
10
New Zealand
SEK 36 107
11.9%
11
India
SEK 36 062
12.0%
12
Vietnam
SEK 34 298
16.3%
13
China
SEK 33 950
17.2%
14
Japan
SEK 33 300
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
SEK 32 456
20.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
SEK 39 004
4.8%
1
Colombia
SEK 41 212
7.4%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 37 722
8.0%
3
Brazil
SEK 37 704
8.0%
4
Ecuador
SEK 37 107
9.5%
5
Guatemala
SEK 37 051
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
SEK 36 677
10.5%
7
Panama
SEK 36 472
11.0%
8
Peru
SEK 35 857
12.5%
9
Chile
SEK 33 768
17.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 32 898
19.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 27 970
31.8%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Stockholm 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.