Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1 005 kr
Municipal tax
- 49.98 kr
Other tax
- 1.81 kr
Total tax
- 51.80 kr
Net pay
* 953 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
5.2%
94.8%
Net pay
5.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
953 kr
Net pay
316 kr
Tax the employer pays
51.80 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
368 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 316 kr to pay you 1 005 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
27.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 5.2% tax rate now rises to 27.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 22.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 24 120 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 1 243 kr. That means that your net pay will be 22 877 kr per year, or 1 906 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 5.2% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.92 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.08 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 454 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 22 031
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 21 666
10.2%
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.