Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 12 759 kr
Other tax
- 212 kr
Total tax
- 12 971 kr
Net pay
* 27 029 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.8%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27 029 kr
Net pay
12 568 kr
Tax the employer pays
12 971 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
25 539 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 12 568 kr to pay you 40 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.38 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 48.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 480 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 155 652 kr. That means that your net pay will be 324 348 kr per year, or 27 029 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% and your marginal tax rate is 36.8%. 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 36.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.24 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 632 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 162 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 417 600
13.0%
1
Switzerland
SEK 411 085
14.4%
2
Hungary
SEK 391 200
18.5%
3
Ukraine
SEK 386 400
19.5%
4
Ireland
SEK 379 900
20.9%
5
United Kingdom
SEK 378 761
21.1%
6
France
SEK 374 140
22.1%
7
Czech Republic
SEK 369 260
23.1%
8
Norway
SEK 362 493
24.5%
9
Spain
SEK 353 133
26.4%
10
Luxembourg
SEK 348 104
27.5%
11
Sweden
SEK 338 868
29.4%
12
Austria
SEK 337 690
29.7%
13
Denmark
SEK 323 391
32.6%
14
Greece
SEK 320 498
33.2%
15
Germany
SEK 310 084
35.4%
16
Poland
SEK 306 391
36.2%
17
Netherlands
SEK 302 066
37.1%
18
Finland
SEK 292 627
39.0%
19
Italy
SEK 290 043
39.6%
20
Romania
SEK 280 800
41.5%
21
Portugal
SEK 280 303
41.6%
22
Belgium
SEK 236 884
50.7%
23
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Uppsala 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.