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Sweden · 2026 · Kommunalskatt

Sweden Municipal Tax Calculator

On 450 000 kr gross a year in Stockholm, using the real 30.6% kommunalskatt rate and your jobbskatteavdrag credit, take-home lands around 30 452 kr/month. Enter your own salary and pick your municipality below for your exact rate and credit.

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What changed
  • : The jobbskatteavdrag now uses Skatteverket's exact 2026 formula instead of an approximated ramp, and the grundavdrag is applied. Within about 1% of the official 2026 tax table.
  • : Added the grundavdrag, the 2026 jobbskatteavdrag, the skattereduktion för förvärvsinkomst and the public service fee, using Skatteverket's 2026 formulas (SKV 433). Take-home had been shown 44,000 to 58,000 kr a year too low for typical salaries.
  • : Built on 2026 municipal rates and the earned income tax credit (jobbskatteavdrag).
  • : Built on the 2026 average municipal tax of 32.38% plus state income tax.

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Municipalities

26+

plus national average

Rate range

28.9%-35.6%

2026, kommun + region

Max jobbskatteavdrag

4,366 kr/mo

under 66, no phase-out

Brytpunkt

660,400 kr

2026, under 66

Kommunalskatt rates above are sourced directly from SCB and Skatteverket's published 2026 rate sheet. Grundavdrag, jobbskatteavdrag and the skattereduktion för förvärvsinkomst use the exact 2026 formulas from Skatteverket's technical description for employers (SKV 433).

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Common income levels:

Net take-home in Stockholm

365 428 kr

Per month

30 452 kr

Kommunalskatt rate

30.6%

Effective rate

18.8%

At the national-average rate (32.38%), the same salary would take home 360 343 kr/year. Living in Stockholm leaves you +5 084 kr/year more than that, after the larger or smaller jobbskatteavdrag that comes with a different rate.

How your 450 000 kr gross salary is split

Net take-home

365 428 kr

81.2%

Kommunalskatt (net)

83 389 kr

18.5%

State tax

0 kr

0.0%

Gross annual salary450 000 kr
Kommunalskatt (Stockholm, 30.6%) on 431 000 kr after the 19 000 kr grundavdrag-131 671 kr
Jobbskatteavdrag (earned income tax credit)46 782 kr
Skattereduktion för förvärvsinkomst1 500 kr
State tax (statlig inkomstskatt, above brytpunkt)−0 kr
Public service fee-1 184 kr
Net take-home (annual)365 428 kr

Kommunalskatt rates are 2026 total municipal rates (kommun + region) per SCB and Skatteverket, and exclude the optional kyrkoavgift (Church of Sweden congregation fee) and the small mandatory begravningsavgift (funeral fee). Jobbskatteavdrag is modelled as a piecewise approximation of Skatteverket's published 2026 ramp (SKV 425), anchored to the confirmed maximum credit and income level, not a reproduction of the exact statutory table. State tax uses the 2026 brytpunkt for taxpayers under 66. Grundavdrag (basic allowance) is not modelled. For exact figures, use Skatteverket's own calculator or consult a tax advisor.

How this actually works

Most Sweden tax calculators use a single national-average kommunalskatt rate applied to every user, regardless of where they actually live. That average, 32.38% for 2026 per Statistics Sweden (SCB), hides a real spread: your kommun and region each set their own rate, and the combined total runs from 28.9% in the lowest-taxed municipality to 35.6% in the highest. Picking your actual municipality below, instead of the average, is the single biggest accuracy improvement this calculator makes.

The second gap in a flat-rate estimate is jobbskatteavdrag, the earned income tax credit. It isn't a discount on your taxable income, it's a reduction taken directly off your municipal tax bill, and it ramps up as your earned income rises before levelling off at a maximum of 4,366 kr/month for taxpayers under 66 in 2026. Because it credits against municipal tax specifically, the kronor value of your credit is larger if you live somewhere with a higher kommunalskatt rate, even at identical income. The old high-income phase-out that used to shrink this credit again at the top of the income scale was abolished starting the 2025 tax year and stays removed for 2026, so once you reach the maximum, it holds.

On top of kommunalskatt, income above the brytpunkt (SEK 660,400/year for taxpayers under 66 in 2026) is also subject to a flat 20% statlig inkomstskatt, state income tax. Only the slice of income above that threshold is taxed at the extra rate, not your entire salary, and this calculator reuses that same threshold and rate from our national Sweden tax model.

What this calculator leaves out: the optional kyrkoavgift church membership fee and the small mandatory begravningsavgift funeral fee (grundavdrag, jobbskatteavdrag and the skattereduktion för förvärvsinkomst are all included). None of those are large enough to change which municipality is cheapest, but they mean your real payslip may differ from this estimate by a modest amount. For an exact figure, Skatteverket's own calculator remains the authoritative source.

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Frequently asked questions

1

Why does kommunalskatt vary by municipality?

Kommunalskatt funds both your kommun (municipality) and your region/landsting, and each sets its own rate independently. For 2026, Statistics Sweden (SCB) reports the total combined rate ranges from 28.9% in Österåker to 35.6% in Dorotea, a spread of over 6.7 percentage points on identical gross pay. A flat national-average calculator (32.38%) can misstate your real take-home by thousands of kronor a year depending on where you actually live.

2

What is jobbskatteavdrag and how does this calculator apply it?

Jobbskatteavdrag is an earned income tax credit applied as a reduction against your municipal tax liability, not against your taxable income. It ramps up with earned income and, for 2026, reaches a maximum of 4,366 kr/month for taxpayers under 66, with no high-income phase-out (that avtrappning was abolished starting the 2025 tax year and remains removed for 2026). On a 450 000 kr salary in Stockholm, this calculator computes a jobbskatteavdrag credit of roughly 46 782 kr/year, which comes off your municipal tax after the grundavdrag has already reduced your taxable income.

3

How is this different from a national-average Sweden tax calculator?

On 450 000 kr gross in Stockholm, the national-average 32.38% rate would leave 360 343 kr/year after tax. Stockholm's actual 30.6% rate leaves 365 428 kr/year, about 5 084 kr more, even though a lower rate also means a slightly smaller jobbskatteavdrag.

4

Does this include the church fee (kyrkoavgift)?

No. This calculator's municipal rates are SCB's total kommunal skattesats figures, covering kommun and region tax only. The optional kyrkoavgift, paid only by registered Church of Sweden members, and the small mandatory begravningsavgift (funeral fee, roughly 0.2-0.3%) are both excluded. If you're a church member, expect your real net pay to be fractionally lower than shown here.

5

What is the brytpunkt and when does state tax apply?

The brytpunkt is the gross annual income threshold above which an additional 20% statlig inkomstskatt (state income tax) applies, on top of kommunalskatt. For 2026, it's SEK 660,400/year for taxpayers under 66 (SEK 760,500/year for 66+, who get a larger age-related basic deduction). Only the portion of income above the threshold is taxed at the extra 20%, not your whole salary.

6

Is jobbskatteavdrag the same for everyone at the same income?

No. Because jobbskatteavdrag is a credit against municipal tax specifically, and municipal tax rates differ by kommun, the kronor value of the credit scales with your own municipality's rate: residents of higher-tax municipalities get a larger jobbskatteavdrag in kronor terms than someone earning the same salary in a lower-tax municipality, even though the underlying formula is the same.

7

How accurate is this compared to Skatteverket's own numbers?

It uses 2026 municipal rates from SCB and Skatteverket's published rate sheet, and computes grundavdrag, jobbskatteavdrag and the skattereduktion för förvärvsinkomst with the exact 2026 formulas in Skatteverket's 2026 technical description for employers (SKV 433). Checked against Skatteverket's 2026 tax table 31, it lands within about 1% of the official monthly withholding. It leaves out the burial and church fee; confirm exact figures with Skatteverket or a tax advisor.