Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 439 kr
Municipal tax
- 427 kr
Income Tax
- 239 kr
Other tax
- 3.08 kr
Total tax
- 669 kr
Net pay
* 770 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
46.5%
53.5%
Net pay
46.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
770 kr
Net pay
452 kr
Tax the employer pays
669 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1 122 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 452 kr to pay you 1 439 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
59.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 46.5% tax rate now rises to 59.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2 993 120 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 1 392 512 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1 600 608 kr per year, or 133 384 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 46.5% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 1 600 608
46.5%
1
Skåne
SEK 1 541 316
48.5%
2
Halland
SEK 1 518 080
49.3%
3
Södermanland
SEK 1 507 651
49.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 1 507 651
49.6%
5
Värmland
SEK 1 504 676
49.7%
6
Örebro
SEK 1 506 167
49.7%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 1 501 696
49.8%
8
Västmanland
SEK 1 494 549
50.1%
9
Östergötland
SEK 1 492 162
50.1%
10
Jönköping
SEK 1 491 271
50.2%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 1 490 671
50.2%
12
Dalarna
SEK 1 485 305
50.4%
13
Gotland
SEK 1 485 305
50.4%
14
Kalmar
SEK 1 483 221
50.4%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 1 480 242
50.5%
16
Jämtland
SEK 1 466 838
51.0%
17
Blekinge
SEK 1 462 367
51.1%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 1 458 497
51.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 1 454 619
51.4%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 1 448 362
51.6%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 1 916 970
36.0%
1
Canada
SEK 1 645 118
45.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
SEK 2 619 877
12.5%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 2 519 970
15.8%
2
Singapore
SEK 2 426 720
18.9%
3
Thailand
SEK 2 095 410
30.0%
4
Taiwan
SEK 2 069 842
30.9%
5
Indonesia
SEK 2 063 749
31.1%
6
Pakistan
SEK 1 994 119
33.4%
7
Vietnam
SEK 1 963 366
34.4%
8
China
SEK 1 955 048
34.7%
9
New Zealand
SEK 1 941 578
35.1%
10
Malaysia
SEK 1 937 905
35.3%
11
Philippines
SEK 1 934 722
35.4%
12
Japan
SEK 1 899 158
36.6%
13
South Korea
SEK 1 868 795
37.6%
14
Australia
SEK 1 795 270
40.0%
15
India
SEK 1 498 069
50.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 2 657 592
11.2%
1
Brazil
SEK 2 176 112
27.3%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 2 132 287
28.8%
3
Uruguay
SEK 2 114 533
29.4%
4
Colombia
SEK 2 079 547
30.5%
5
Panama
SEK 2 070 194
30.8%
6
Chile
SEK 2 061 006
31.1%
7
Mexico
SEK 1 997 945
33.3%
8
Puerto Rico
SEK 1 996 869
33.3%
9
Argentina
SEK 1 945 452
35.0%
10
Peru
SEK 1 918 940
35.9%
11
Ecuador
SEK 1 855 737
38.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
SEK 2 877 843
3.9%
1
Bahrain
SEK 2 866 159
4.2%
2
United Arab Emirates
SEK 2 843 464
5.0%
3
Qatar
SEK 2 843 464
5.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 2 836 651
5.2%
5
Oman
SEK 2 753 670
8.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 2 247 841
24.9%
7
Lebanon
SEK 2 246 895
24.9%
8
Israel
SEK 1 762 658
41.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 1 745 304
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.