Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 728 kr
Municipal tax
- 798 kr
Income Tax
- 157 kr
Other tax
- 9.69 kr
Total tax
- 965 kr
Net pay
* 1 763 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
35.4%
64.6%
Net pay
35.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 763 kr
Net pay
857 kr
Tax the employer pays
965 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 822 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 857 kr to pay you 2 728 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.68 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.4% tax rate now rises to 50.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 709 280 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 250 816 kr. That means that your net pay will be 458 464 kr per year, or 38 205 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.4% and your marginal tax rate is 50.0%. 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 50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 500 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2 500 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 539 275
24.0%
1
Canada
SEK 501 071
29.4%
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.