Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
995 kr
Municipal tax
- 295 kr
Income Tax
- 150 kr
Other tax
- 2.32 kr
Total tax
- 448 kr
Net pay
* 547 kr
Marginal tax rate
50.0%
Average tax rate
45.0%
55.0%
Net pay
45.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
547 kr
Net pay
313 kr
Tax the employer pays
448 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
760 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 313 kr to pay you 995 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 7.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
58.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 45% tax rate now rises to 58.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 2 069 600 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 930 837 kr. That means that your net pay will be 1 138 763 kr per year, or 94 897 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 45.0% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 1 403 788
32.2%
1
Canada
SEK 1 213 180
41.4%
2
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.