Sweden Salary Calculator

Kommunalskatt is Sweden's municipal income tax, combining a municipal (kommun) rate and a regional/county (region) rate into one figure, sometimes shown separately. It's a flat percentage of your income, but it varies by where you live: the 2026 national average is 32.38%, ranging from 28.93% in Österåker (the lowest) to 35.65% in Dorotea (the highest), per Statistics Sweden. This calculator uses the national average since it doesn't know your specific municipality.

Statlig inkomstskatt is Sweden's national (state) income tax, a flat additional 20% that applies only above a threshold called the brytpunkt. For 2026, that threshold is 660,400 SEK/year gross for taxpayers under 66 (760,500 SEK for those 66 and older). Below the brytpunkt, you only pay kommunalskatt; above it, you pay kommunalskatt plus 20% state tax on the portion above the threshold.

Because it deliberately doesn't model grundavdrag (a basic allowance that shields part of your income) or jobbskatteavdrag (the earned income tax credit), both of which reduce real tax bills below the national-average kommunalskatt rate shown here. This calculator is scoped to the two headline components, kommunalskatt and statlig inkomstskatt, so treat its output as a conservative (slightly higher than actual) estimate.

In practice, no, for the large majority of taxpayers. Employees pay a mandatory 7% general pension contribution, but it's matched by an equal tax credit (skattereduktion) that cancels it out on your final tax bill. Because it nets to roughly zero for anyone whose income tax liability exceeds 7% of income (true for virtually everyone above a very low income floor), this calculator excludes it entirely rather than modeling a wash.

Yes, more than in most comparable countries. The gap between Sweden's lowest and highest kommunalskatt municipalities is about 6.7 percentage points for 2026, meaningful on a typical tech salary. Stockholm sits close to the middle at roughly 30.3%, below the national average, while many rural and northern municipalities run several points higher.

It uses the confirmed 2026 national-average kommunalskatt rate (32.38%, Statistics Sweden) and the 2026 statlig inkomstskatt brytpunkt (660,400 SEK, Skatteverket) at a flat 20% above that threshold. It does not model your specific municipality, grundavdrag, jobbskatteavdrag, or capital income (which is taxed separately at a flat 30%). For precise figures, use Skatteverket's own calculator or consult a tax professional.