Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 024 kr
Municipal tax
- 303 kr
Income Tax
- 156 kr
Other tax
- 2.37 kr
Total tax
- 462 kr
Net pay
* 562 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
45.1%
54.9%
Net pay
45.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
562 kr
Net pay
322 kr
Tax the employer pays
462 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
784 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 322 kr to pay you 1 024 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.65 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
58.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45.1% tax rate now rises to 58.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2 129 920 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 960 992 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1 168 928 kr per year, or 97 411 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 45.1% 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 49.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 50.01 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 2 501 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 1 168 928
45.1%
1
Skåne
SEK 1 126 820
47.1%
2
Halland
SEK 1 110 315
47.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 1 102 907
48.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 1 102 907
48.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 1 100 786
48.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 1 101 852
48.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 1 098 675
48.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 1 093 600
48.7%
9
Östergötland
SEK 1 091 900
48.7%
10
Jönköping
SEK 1 091 267
48.8%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 1 090 844
48.8%
12
Dalarna
SEK 1 087 034
49.0%
13
Gotland
SEK 1 087 034
49.0%
14
Kalmar
SEK 1 085 557
49.0%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 1 083 436
49.1%
16
Jämtland
SEK 1 073 917
49.6%
17
Blekinge
SEK 1 070 740
49.7%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 1 067 997
49.9%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 1 065 242
50.0%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 1 060 799
50.2%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 1 853 030
13.0%
1
Hungary
SEK 1 735 885
18.5%
2
Ukraine
SEK 1 714 586
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
SEK 1 628 553
23.5%
4
Switzerland
SEK 1 500 466
29.6%
5
United Kingdom
SEK 1 337 281
37.2%
6
Norway
SEK 1 273 950
40.2%
7
France
SEK 1 270 944
40.3%
8
Spain
SEK 1 267 293
40.5%
9
Austria
SEK 1 260 042
40.8%
10
Poland
SEK 1 255 850
41.0%
11
Romania
SEK 1 246 003
41.5%
12
Denmark
SEK 1 231 225
42.2%
13
Greece
SEK 1 215 106
43.0%
14
Ireland
SEK 1 183 410
44.4%
15
Netherlands
SEK 1 175 380
44.8%
16
Sweden
SEK 1 168 928
45.1%
17
Luxembourg
SEK 1 145 770
46.2%
18
Germany
SEK 1 137 867
46.6%
19
Italy
SEK 1 045 555
50.9%
20
Finland
SEK 950 695
55.4%
21
Portugal
SEK 917 190
56.9%
22
Belgium
SEK 855 249
59.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 1 439 859
32.4%
1
Canada
SEK 1 241 832
41.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
SEK 1 842 997
13.5%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 1 803 514
15.3%
2
Singapore
SEK 1 743 149
18.2%
3
Taiwan
SEK 1 550 673
27.2%
4
Thailand
SEK 1 533 874
28.0%
5
Indonesia
SEK 1 480 225
30.5%
6
China
SEK 1 476 567
30.7%
7
Pakistan
SEK 1 433 039
32.7%
8
New Zealand
SEK 1 415 026
33.6%
9
Malaysia
SEK 1 404 634
34.1%
10
Vietnam
SEK 1 402 286
34.2%
11
Philippines
SEK 1 398 819
34.3%
12
Japan
SEK 1 393 805
34.6%
13
South Korea
SEK 1 391 103
34.7%
14
Australia
SEK 1 337 774
37.2%
15
India
SEK 1 132 615
46.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 1 893 590
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 1 552 864
27.1%
2
Brazil
SEK 1 550 292
27.2%
3
Uruguay
SEK 1 543 003
27.6%
4
Colombia
SEK 1 534 951
27.9%
5
Chile
SEK 1 523 553
28.5%
6
Panama
SEK 1 494 008
29.9%
7
Puerto Rico
SEK 1 438 386
32.5%
8
Mexico
SEK 1 435 036
32.6%
9
Peru
SEK 1 390 230
34.7%
10
Argentina
SEK 1 384 372
35.0%
11
Ecuador
SEK 1 363 311
36.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 1 551 399
27.2%
1
Kenya
SEK 1 496 447
29.7%
2
Nigeria
SEK 1 450 121
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 1 440 354
32.4%
4
Ghana
SEK 1 419 775
33.3%
5
Mozambique
SEK 1 408 467
33.9%
6
Morocco
SEK 1 315 248
38.3%
7
Zambia
SEK 1 313 072
38.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 1 310 187
38.5%
9
Senegal
SEK 1 290 375
39.4%
10
South Africa
SEK 1 279 517
39.9%
11
Uganda
SEK 1 210 259
43.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 2 023 424
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 2 023 424
5.0%
2
Kuwait
SEK 2 014 643
5.4%
3
Bahrain
SEK 2 011 592
5.6%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 1 973 452
7.4%
5
Oman
SEK 1 959 526
8.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 1 600 441
24.9%
7
Lebanon
SEK 1 599 495
24.9%
8
Israel
SEK 1 327 570
37.7%
9
Turkey
SEK 1 242 568
41.7%
10
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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.