Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
537 kr
Municipal tax
- 158 kr
Income Tax
- 58.88 kr
Other tax
- 1.54 kr
Total tax
- 219 kr
Net pay
* 318 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
40.7%
59.3%
Net pay
40.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
318 kr
Net pay
169 kr
Tax the employer pays
219 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
387 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 169 kr to pay you 537 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.7% tax rate now rises to 54.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1 116 960 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 454 613 kr. That means that your net pay will be 662 347 kr per year, or 55 196 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.7% 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 662 347
40.7%
1
Skåne
SEK 640 395
42.7%
2
Halland
SEK 631 793
43.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 627 930
43.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 627 930
43.8%
5
Örebro
SEK 627 382
43.8%
6
Värmland
SEK 626 821
43.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 625 724
44.0%
8
Västmanland
SEK 623 079
44.2%
9
Jönköping
SEK 621 861
44.3%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 621 642
44.3%
11
Östergötland
SEK 622 191
44.3%
12
Dalarna
SEK 619 654
44.5%
13
Gotland
SEK 619 654
44.5%
14
Kalmar
SEK 618 887
44.6%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 617 777
44.7%
16
Jämtland
SEK 612 818
45.1%
17
Blekinge
SEK 611 160
45.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 609 732
45.4%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 608 296
45.5%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 605 981
45.7%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 799 985
28.4%
1
Canada
SEK 736 918
34.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 997 038
10.7%
1
Chile
SEK 866 449
22.4%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 866 294
22.4%
3
Uruguay
SEK 823 854
26.2%
4
Colombia
SEK 819 461
26.6%
5
Panama
SEK 817 857
26.8%
6
Brazil
SEK 815 896
27.0%
7
Puerto Rico
SEK 804 347
28.0%
8
Ecuador
SEK 783 917
29.8%
9
Peru
SEK 769 792
31.1%
10
Mexico
SEK 768 866
31.2%
11
Argentina
SEK 725 948
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 814 470
27.1%
1
Kenya
SEK 787 375
29.5%
2
Nigeria
SEK 761 106
31.9%
3
Mozambique
SEK 750 043
32.9%
4
Ghana
SEK 749 702
32.9%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 749 186
32.9%
6
South Africa
SEK 722 389
35.3%
7
Morocco
SEK 701 406
37.2%
8
Cameroon
SEK 693 446
37.9%
9
Zambia
SEK 690 102
38.2%
10
Senegal
SEK 682 599
38.9%
11
Uganda
SEK 653 131
41.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 1 061 112
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 1 061 112
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 1 027 603
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 1 027 603
8.0%
4
Kuwait
SEK 1 006 082
9.9%
5
Saudi Arabia
SEK 1 005 264
10.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 840 721
24.7%
7
Lebanon
SEK 839 775
24.8%
8
Israel
SEK 764 938
31.5%
9
Turkey
SEK 652 610
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.