Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 844 kr
Municipal tax
- 846 kr
Income Tax
- 520 kr
Other tax
- 5.47 kr
Total tax
- 1 372 kr
Net pay
* 1 472 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
48.2%
51.8%
Net pay
48.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 472 kr
Net pay
894 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 372 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 265 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 894 kr to pay you 2 844 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 48.2% tax rate now rises to 60.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5 915 520 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 2 853 419 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3 062 101 kr per year, or 255 175 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.2% 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 3 062 101
48.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 2 944 662
50.2%
2
Halland
SEK 2 898 629
51.0%
3
Södermanland
SEK 2 877 969
51.3%
4
Uppsala
SEK 2 877 969
51.3%
5
Värmland
SEK 2 872 071
51.4%
6
Örebro
SEK 2 875 026
51.4%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 2 866 167
51.5%
8
Västmanland
SEK 2 852 006
51.8%
9
Jönköping
SEK 2 845 514
51.9%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 2 844 332
51.9%
11
Östergötland
SEK 2 847 286
51.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 2 833 708
52.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 2 833 708
52.1%
14
Kalmar
SEK 2 829 576
52.2%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 2 823 679
52.3%
16
Jämtland
SEK 2 797 121
52.7%
17
Blekinge
SEK 2 788 269
52.9%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 2 780 600
53.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 2 772 919
53.1%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 2 760 530
53.3%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 5 146 502
13.0%
1
Hungary
SEK 4 821 149
18.5%
2
Ukraine
SEK 4 761 994
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
SEK 4 543 465
23.2%
4
Switzerland
SEK 3 494 529
40.9%
5
Romania
SEK 3 460 579
41.5%
6
Poland
SEK 3 434 633
41.9%
7
Greece
SEK 3 335 042
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
SEK 3 303 293
44.2%
9
Norway
SEK 3 265 176
44.8%
10
Austria
SEK 3 257 510
44.9%
11
Spain
SEK 3 256 213
45.0%
12
Denmark
SEK 3 170 270
46.4%
13
Luxembourg
SEK 3 147 323
46.8%
14
Netherlands
SEK 3 087 108
47.8%
15
Sweden
SEK 3 062 101
48.2%
16
Germany
SEK 3 015 362
49.0%
17
Ireland
SEK 3 000 498
49.3%
18
France
SEK 2 898 401
51.0%
19
Italy
SEK 2 763 461
53.3%
20
Finland
SEK 2 344 553
60.4%
21
Belgium
SEK 2 270 302
61.6%
22
Portugal
SEK 2 226 758
62.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 3 527 809
40.4%
1
Canada
SEK 3 003 169
49.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
SEK 5 250 037
11.3%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 4 945 562
16.4%
2
Singapore
SEK 4 707 232
20.4%
3
Indonesia
SEK 4 039 291
31.7%
4
Thailand
SEK 3 994 970
32.5%
5
Pakistan
SEK 3 893 679
34.2%
6
Vietnam
SEK 3 862 926
34.7%
7
Taiwan
SEK 3 823 283
35.4%
8
Philippines
SEK 3 749 045
36.6%
9
New Zealand
SEK 3 724 242
37.0%
10
Malaysia
SEK 3 701 418
37.4%
11
China
SEK 3 562 368
39.8%
12
Japan
SEK 3 475 334
41.3%
13
South Korea
SEK 3 418 554
42.2%
14
Australia
SEK 3 344 142
43.5%
15
India
SEK 2 930 045
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 5 244 152
11.4%
1
Brazil
SEK 4 294 852
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 4 093 948
30.8%
3
Panama
SEK 4 020 896
32.0%
4
Mexico
SEK 3 897 505
34.1%
5
Uruguay
SEK 3 889 482
34.3%
6
Puerto Rico
SEK 3 886 201
34.3%
7
Colombia
SEK 3 864 613
34.7%
8
Argentina
SEK 3 845 012
35.0%
9
Chile
SEK 3 814 446
35.5%
10
Peru
SEK 3 708 910
37.3%
11
Ecuador
SEK 3 522 864
40.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 4 305 423
27.2%
1
Kenya
SEK 4 146 367
29.9%
2
Nigeria
SEK 4 025 087
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 4 023 364
32.0%
4
Ghana
SEK 3 923 949
33.7%
5
Mozambique
SEK 3 869 107
34.6%
6
Zambia
SEK 3 641 216
38.5%
7
Cameroon
SEK 3 615 050
38.9%
8
Morocco
SEK 3 609 276
39.0%
9
Senegal
SEK 3 561 735
39.8%
10
South Africa
SEK 3 361 597
43.2%
11
Uganda
SEK 3 292 339
44.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
SEK 5 800 243
2.0%
1
Bahrain
SEK 5 759 335
2.6%
2
Saudi Arabia
SEK 5 759 051
2.7%
3
United Arab Emirates
SEK 5 619 744
5.0%
4
Qatar
SEK 5 619 744
5.0%
5
Oman
SEK 5 442 278
8.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 4 439 641
25.0%
7
Lebanon
SEK 4 438 695
25.0%
8
Turkey
SEK 3 447 339
41.7%
9
Israel
SEK 3 223 858
45.5%
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.