Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
3 987 kr
Municipal tax
- 684 kr
Other tax
- 26.84 kr
Total tax
- 711 kr
Net pay
* 3 276 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
3 276 kr
Net pay
1 253 kr
Tax the employer pays
711 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 964 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 1 253 kr to pay you 3 987 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.93 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 47 844 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 8 533 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39 311 kr per year, or 3 276 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 43 700
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 39 904
16.6%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 47 366
1.0%
1
Morocco
SEK 43 444
9.2%
2
Cameroon
SEK 39 816
16.8%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 39 748
16.9%
4
Kenya
SEK 39 394
17.7%
5
Mozambique
SEK 38 537
19.5%
6
Ghana
SEK 36 764
23.2%
7
Angola
SEK 36 258
24.2%
8
Zambia
SEK 36 068
24.6%
9
Senegal
SEK 34 416
28.1%
10
Uganda
SEK 34 292
28.3%
11
Nigeria
SEK 33 893
29.2%
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.