Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
528 kr
Municipal tax
- 155 kr
Income Tax
- 57.08 kr
Other tax
- 1.53 kr
Total tax
- 214 kr
Net pay
* 314 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
40.5%
59.5%
Net pay
40.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
314 kr
Net pay
166 kr
Tax the employer pays
214 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
380 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 166 kr to pay you 528 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.5% tax rate now rises to 54.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1 098 240 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 445 254 kr. That means that your net pay will be 652 986 kr per year, or 54 415 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.5% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 788 401
28.2%
1
Canada
SEK 726 325
33.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 980 469
10.7%
1
Chile
SEK 854 281
22.2%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 852 890
22.3%
3
Uruguay
SEK 810 885
26.2%
4
Colombia
SEK 805 654
26.6%
5
Panama
SEK 805 362
26.7%
6
Brazil
SEK 802 324
26.9%
7
Puerto Rico
SEK 793 236
27.8%
8
Ecuador
SEK 772 898
29.6%
9
Peru
SEK 758 326
31.0%
10
Mexico
SEK 756 511
31.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 713 780
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 800 851
27.1%
1
Kenya
SEK 774 271
29.5%
2
Nigeria
SEK 748 373
31.9%
3
Mozambique
SEK 737 875
32.8%
4
Ghana
SEK 737 319
32.9%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 736 413
33.0%
6
South Africa
SEK 712 093
35.2%
7
Morocco
SEK 690 062
37.2%
8
Cameroon
SEK 682 049
37.9%
9
Zambia
SEK 678 589
38.2%
10
Senegal
SEK 671 367
38.9%
11
Uganda
SEK 642 835
41.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 1 043 328
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 1 043 328
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 1 010 381
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 1 010 381
8.0%
4
Kuwait
SEK 988 953
10.0%
5
Saudi Arabia
SEK 988 416
10.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 826 681
24.7%
7
Lebanon
SEK 825 735
24.8%
8
Israel
SEK 754 230
31.3%
9
Turkey
SEK 641 707
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.