Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 090 kr
Income Tax
- 36 kr
Other tax
- 90.60 kr
Total tax
- 6 216 kr
Net pay
* 14 784 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.6%
Average tax rate
29.6%
70.4%
Net pay
29.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 784 kr
Net pay
6 598 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 216 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 814 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 598 kr to pay you 21 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.6% tax rate now rises to 46.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 504 000 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 149 186 kr. That means that your net pay will be 354 814 kr per year, or 29 568 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.6% and your marginal tax rate is 33.6%. 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 33.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.44 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 664 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 322 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 398 750
20.9%
1
Canada
SEK 360 064
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 454 277
9.9%
1
Taiwan
SEK 438 066
13.1%
2
Thailand
SEK 418 118
17.0%
3
South Korea
SEK 407 406
19.2%
4
Kazakhstan
SEK 405 397
19.6%
5
Australia
SEK 398 016
21.0%
6
New Zealand
SEK 389 446
22.7%
7
Singapore
SEK 386 233
23.4%
8
Indonesia
SEK 380 739
24.5%
9
Pakistan
SEK 376 191
25.4%
10
Japan
SEK 374 278
25.7%
11
Malaysia
SEK 367 008
27.2%
12
Philippines
SEK 360 619
28.5%
13
Vietnam
SEK 345 463
31.5%
14
China
SEK 330 457
34.4%
15
India
SEK 311 424
38.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 454 519
9.8%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 424 272
15.8%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 421 532
16.4%
3
Chile
SEK 415 066
17.7%
4
Ecuador
SEK 405 366
19.6%
5
Panama
SEK 399 212
20.8%
6
Colombia
SEK 388 123
23.0%
7
Peru
SEK 377 982
25.0%
8
Brazil
SEK 371 500
26.3%
9
Mexico
SEK 369 488
26.7%
10
Uruguay
SEK 345 585
31.4%
11
Argentina
SEK 327 524
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 478 800
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 478 800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 463 680
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 463 680
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 453 600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 448 560
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 398 052
21.0%
7
Egypt
SEK 381 001
24.4%
8
Lebanon
SEK 380 055
24.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 295 616
41.4%
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.