Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
228 kr
Municipal tax
- 66 kr
Other tax
- 1.02 kr
Total tax
- 67.02 kr
Net pay
* 161 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.0%
Average tax rate
29.4%
70.6%
Net pay
29.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
161 kr
Net pay
71.64 kr
Tax the employer pays
67.02 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
139 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 71.64 kr to pay you 228 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.4% tax rate now rises to 46.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 474 240 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 139 404 kr. That means that your net pay will be 334 836 kr per year, or 27 903 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.4% and your marginal tax rate is 30.0%. 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 30 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 70 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 700 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 500 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 376 731
20.6%
1
Canada
SEK 340 480
28.2%
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.