Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
470 kr
Municipal tax
- 138 kr
Income Tax
- 45.48 kr
Other tax
- 1.43 kr
Total tax
- 185 kr
Net pay
* 285 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
39.4%
60.6%
Net pay
39.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
285 kr
Net pay
148 kr
Tax the employer pays
185 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
333 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 148 kr to pay you 470 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
53.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 39.4% tax rate now rises to 53.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 977 600 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 384 959 kr. That means that your net pay will be 592 641 kr per year, or 49 387 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 39.4% 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 49.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 50.02 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 592 641
39.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 573 468
41.3%
2
Halland
SEK 565 953
42.1%
3
Södermanland
SEK 562 586
42.5%
4
Uppsala
SEK 562 586
42.5%
5
Örebro
SEK 562 100
42.5%
6
Värmland
SEK 561 623
42.6%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 560 657
42.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 558 347
42.9%
9
Jönköping
SEK 557 285
43.0%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 557 090
43.0%
11
Östergötland
SEK 557 576
43.0%
12
Dalarna
SEK 555 353
43.2%
13
Gotland
SEK 555 353
43.2%
14
Kalmar
SEK 554 681
43.3%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 553 714
43.4%
16
Jämtland
SEK 549 376
43.8%
17
Blekinge
SEK 547 933
44.0%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 546 685
44.1%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 545 428
44.2%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 543 408
44.4%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 711 281
27.2%
1
Canada
SEK 658 054
32.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 847 088
13.4%
1
Kazakhstan
SEK 805 909
17.6%
2
Taiwan
SEK 800 105
18.2%
3
Singapore
SEK 795 580
18.6%
4
Thailand
SEK 755 859
22.7%
5
South Korea
SEK 730 980
25.2%
6
China
SEK 708 467
27.5%
7
Australia
SEK 702 692
28.1%
8
Indonesia
SEK 701 257
28.3%
9
New Zealand
SEK 700 860
28.3%
10
Japan
SEK 691 727
29.2%
11
Pakistan
SEK 684 031
30.0%
12
Malaysia
SEK 673 226
31.1%
13
Philippines
SEK 670 038
31.5%
14
Vietnam
SEK 653 278
33.2%
15
India
SEK 552 443
43.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 713 086
27.1%
1
Kenya
SEK 689 823
29.4%
2
Nigeria
SEK 666 313
31.8%
3
Mozambique
SEK 659 459
32.5%
4
Ghana
SEK 657 515
32.7%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 654 097
33.1%
6
South Africa
SEK 643 103
34.2%
7
Morocco
SEK 616 956
36.9%
8
Cameroon
SEK 608 597
37.8%
9
Zambia
SEK 604 395
38.2%
10
Senegal
SEK 598 983
38.7%
11
Uganda
SEK 576 483
41.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 928 720
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 928 720
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 899 392
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 899 392
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 879 840
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 878 567
10.1%
6
Egypt
SEK 736 201
24.7%
7
Lebanon
SEK 735 255
24.8%
8
Israel
SEK 685 224
29.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 571 445
41.6%
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.