Free Swedish salary calculator for expats: gross to net pay, municipal + state tax, expert tax relief, SINK, and total employer cost. Default rates for Gothenburg, switchable to Stockholm, Malmö, Mölndal and more.
Sweden taxes employment income progressively at three levels. Your municipal tax is the largest piece — in Göteborg it's 21.12%, plus an 11.48% regional tax to Västra Götaland, for a combined 32.60% of taxable income.
Above an annual gross of about 660,400 SEK in 2026 (the brytpunkt, ~55,000 SEK/month), you also pay 20% state tax on the income above that threshold. Below it, only municipal + regional applies.
Everyone gets a basic allowance (grundavdrag) deducted from taxable income — usually 16,000 to 30,000 SEK depending on income. Working people also receive jobbskatteavdrag, a sizeable tax credit (often 30,000 – 47,000 SEK/year) applied against municipal tax.
If you're a foreign "key person" — a researcher, specialist, or executive — Sweden lets you keep 25% of your gross salary tax-free for up to 7 years. The rest is taxed normally. To qualify, your recurring monthly salary needs to exceed 1.5× the price base amount (88,800 SEK/month in 2026) or you must meet the expert/key-person criteria. Check your eligibility → Apply within 3 months of starting work.
SINK (särskild inkomstskatt för utomlands bosatta) is a flat 22.5% tax in 2026 (20% from 2027) for people who work in Sweden but are not resident here, typically for stays under six months. No allowances, no credits. You don't file a regular tax return.
On top of your gross salary, your employer pays arbetsgivaravgift — social security contributions of 31.42%. So a gross of 45,000 SEK costs the employer 59,139 SEK/month. Founders running their own AB should always budget the full loaded cost when modelling payroll.
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