Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2 879 kr
Municipal tax
- 857 kr
Income Tax
- 527 kr
Other tax
- 5.53 kr
Total tax
- 1 389 kr
Net pay
* 1 490 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
48.3%
51.7%
Net pay
48.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1 490 kr
Net pay
905 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 389 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2 294 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 905 kr to pay you 2 879 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 48.3% tax rate now rises to 60.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5 988 320 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 2 889 812 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3 098 508 kr per year, or 258 209 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 48.3% 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 3 098 508
48.3%
1
Skåne
SEK 2 979 622
50.2%
2
Halland
SEK 2 933 021
51.0%
3
Södermanland
SEK 2 912 105
51.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 2 912 105
51.4%
5
Örebro
SEK 2 909 126
51.4%
6
Värmland
SEK 2 906 135
51.5%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 2 900 157
51.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 2 885 821
51.8%
9
Jönköping
SEK 2 879 250
51.9%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 2 878 053
51.9%
11
Östergötland
SEK 2 881 044
51.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 2 867 298
52.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 2 867 298
52.1%
14
Kalmar
SEK 2 863 115
52.2%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 2 857 146
52.3%
16
Jämtland
SEK 2 830 260
52.7%
17
Blekinge
SEK 2 821 300
52.9%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 2 813 536
53.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 2 805 759
53.1%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 2 793 218
53.4%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
SEK 5 209 838
13.0%
1
Hungary
SEK 4 880 481
18.5%
2
Ukraine
SEK 4 820 598
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
SEK 4 599 521
23.2%
4
Switzerland
SEK 3 531 929
41.0%
5
Romania
SEK 3 503 167
41.5%
6
Poland
SEK 3 476 533
41.9%
7
Greece
SEK 3 375 810
43.6%
8
United Kingdom
SEK 3 340 967
44.2%
9
Norway
SEK 3 303 469
44.8%
10
Austria
SEK 3 295 346
45.0%
11
Spain
SEK 3 293 923
45.0%
12
Denmark
SEK 3 207 559
46.4%
13
Luxembourg
SEK 3 185 775
46.8%
14
Netherlands
SEK 3 123 872
47.8%
15
Sweden
SEK 3 098 508
48.3%
16
Germany
SEK 3 050 652
49.1%
17
Ireland
SEK 3 035 442
49.3%
18
France
SEK 2 928 560
51.1%
19
Italy
SEK 2 796 497
53.3%
20
Finland
SEK 2 371 358
60.4%
21
Belgium
SEK 2 297 515
61.6%
22
Portugal
SEK 2 252 966
62.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 3 567 381
40.4%
1
Canada
SEK 3 037 000
49.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
SEK 5 315 557
11.2%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 5 005 986
16.4%
2
Singapore
SEK 4 764 016
20.4%
3
Indonesia
SEK 4 088 504
31.7%
4
Thailand
SEK 4 042 290
32.5%
5
Pakistan
SEK 3 940 999
34.2%
6
Vietnam
SEK 3 910 246
34.7%
7
Taiwan
SEK 3 866 962
35.4%
8
Philippines
SEK 3 794 242
36.6%
9
New Zealand
SEK 3 768 650
37.1%
10
Malaysia
SEK 3 744 370
37.5%
11
China
SEK 3 602 408
39.8%
12
Japan
SEK 3 514 568
41.3%
13
South Korea
SEK 3 456 504
42.3%
14
Australia
SEK 3 382 726
43.5%
15
India
SEK 2 965 717
50.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 5 308 586
11.4%
1
Brazil
SEK 4 347 632
27.4%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 4 142 815
30.8%
3
Panama
SEK 4 069 490
32.0%
4
Mexico
SEK 3 944 825
34.1%
5
Uruguay
SEK 3 933 698
34.3%
6
Puerto Rico
SEK 3 933 266
34.3%
7
Colombia
SEK 3 909 019
34.7%
8
Argentina
SEK 3 892 332
35.0%
9
Chile
SEK 3 858 126
35.6%
10
Peru
SEK 3 753 500
37.3%
11
Ecuador
SEK 3 564 394
40.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 4 358 385
27.2%
1
Kenya
SEK 4 197 327
29.9%
2
Nigeria
SEK 4 074 605
32.0%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 4 073 037
32.0%
4
Ghana
SEK 3 972 107
33.7%
5
Mozambique
SEK 3 916 427
34.6%
6
Zambia
SEK 3 685 988
38.5%
7
Cameroon
SEK 3 659 374
38.9%
8
Morocco
SEK 3 653 392
39.0%
9
Senegal
SEK 3 605 415
39.8%
10
South Africa
SEK 3 401 637
43.2%
11
Uganda
SEK 3 332 379
44.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kuwait
SEK 5 873 043
1.9%
1
Saudi Arabia
SEK 5 831 851
2.6%
2
Bahrain
SEK 5 831 407
2.6%
3
United Arab Emirates
SEK 5 688 904
5.0%
4
Qatar
SEK 5 688 904
5.0%
5
Oman
SEK 5 509 254
8.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 4 494 241
25.0%
7
Lebanon
SEK 4 493 295
25.0%
8
Turkey
SEK 3 489 739
41.7%
9
Israel
SEK 3 260 258
45.6%
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.