Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 375 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 645 kr
Other tax
- 64.50 kr
Total tax
- 1 709 kr
Net pay
* 5 666 kr
Marginal tax rate
27.4%
Average tax rate
23.2%
76.8%
Net pay
23.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5 666 kr
Net pay
2 317 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 709 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4 027 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 317 kr to pay you 7 375 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.2% tax rate now rises to 41.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 88 500 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 20 514 kr. That means that your net pay will be 67 986 kr per year, or 5 666 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 23.2% and your marginal tax rate is 27.4%. 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 27.40 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 72.60 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 726 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 630 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 80 620
8.9%
1
Canada
SEK 68 354
22.8%
2
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.