Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42 492 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 663 kr
Other tax
- 256 kr
Total tax
- 6 919 kr
Net pay
* 35 573 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.2%
Average tax rate
16.3%
83.7%
Net pay
16.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
35 573 kr
Net pay
13 351 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 919 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20 270 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13 351 kr to pay you 42 492 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.77 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 16.3% tax rate now rises to 36.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 20% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42 492 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 6 919 kr. That means that your net pay will be 35 573 kr per year, or 2 964 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 16.3% and your marginal tax rate is 30.2%. 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 30.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.84 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 698 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 492 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 38 812
8.7%
1
Canada
SEK 36 077
15.1%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
SEK 42 492
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
SEK 40 367
5.0%
2
Qatar
SEK 40 367
5.0%
3
Bahrain
SEK 39 093
8.0%
4
Oman
SEK 39 093
8.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 37 818
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 36 904
13.2%
7
Lebanon
SEK 33 924
20.2%
8
Egypt
SEK 33 540
21.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 26 806
36.9%
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.