Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
620 kr
Municipal tax
- 183 kr
Income Tax
- 75.48 kr
Other tax
- 1.69 kr
Total tax
- 260 kr
Net pay
* 360 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
41.9%
58.1%
Net pay
41.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
360 kr
Net pay
195 kr
Tax the employer pays
260 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
455 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 195 kr to pay you 620 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.9% tax rate now rises to 55.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1 289 600 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 540 923 kr. That means that your net pay will be 748 677 kr per year, or 62 390 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 42.0% 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 748 677
41.9%
1
Skåne
SEK 723 288
43.9%
2
Halland
SEK 713 338
44.7%
3
Södermanland
SEK 708 873
45.0%
4
Uppsala
SEK 708 873
45.0%
5
Värmland
SEK 707 600
45.1%
6
Örebro
SEK 708 243
45.1%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 706 327
45.2%
8
Västmanland
SEK 703 266
45.5%
9
Östergötland
SEK 702 243
45.5%
10
Jönköping
SEK 701 863
45.6%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 701 602
45.6%
12
Dalarna
SEK 699 304
45.8%
13
Gotland
SEK 699 304
45.8%
14
Kalmar
SEK 698 411
45.8%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 697 138
45.9%
16
Jämtland
SEK 691 400
46.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 689 484
46.5%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 687 829
46.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 686 163
46.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 683 486
47.0%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 905 803
29.8%
1
Canada
SEK 830 457
35.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 1 106 048
14.2%
1
Kazakhstan
SEK 1 086 709
15.7%
2
Singapore
SEK 1 060 780
17.7%
3
Taiwan
SEK 1 018 505
21.0%
4
China
SEK 976 841
24.3%
5
Thailand
SEK 974 259
24.5%
6
South Korea
SEK 916 007
29.0%
7
Indonesia
SEK 912 169
29.3%
8
New Zealand
SEK 902 431
30.0%
9
Australia
SEK 892 405
30.8%
10
Pakistan
SEK 886 831
31.2%
11
Japan
SEK 886 241
31.3%
12
Philippines
SEK 873 878
32.2%
13
Malaysia
SEK 873 105
32.3%
14
Vietnam
SEK 856 078
33.6%
15
India
SEK 709 208
45.0%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 940 066
27.1%
1
Kenya
SEK 908 223
29.6%
2
Nigeria
SEK 878 536
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 866 983
32.8%
4
Ghana
SEK 863 903
33.0%
5
Mozambique
SEK 862 259
33.1%
6
South Africa
SEK 817 341
36.6%
7
Morocco
SEK 806 024
37.5%
8
Cameroon
SEK 798 558
38.1%
9
Zambia
SEK 796 275
38.3%
10
Senegal
SEK 786 183
39.0%
11
Uganda
SEK 748 083
42.0%
12
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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.