Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 981 kr
Municipal tax
- 683 kr
Other tax
- 26.77 kr
Total tax
- 709 kr
Net pay
* 3 272 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.2%
Average tax rate
17.8%
82.2%
Net pay
17.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3 272 kr
Net pay
1 251 kr
Tax the employer pays
709 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 960 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 251 kr to pay you 3 981 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 17.8% tax rate now rises to 37.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 19.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47 772 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 8 511 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39 261 kr per year, or 3 272 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 17.8% and your marginal tax rate is 30.2%. 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 30.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.84 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 698 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 492 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 43 634
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 39 854
16.6%
2
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.