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Salary after tax in Sweden 2026
Most salary calculators approximate. This one does not. The lookup reads Skatteverket's official monthly withholding tables for 2026 (column 1 — earned income, under 66) and returns exactly what your employer must deduct.
Table data from Skatteverket's official file, checked 2026-07-31
What is a table number?
Your table number is your municipality's combined tax rate rounded to the nearest whole percent — live somewhere charging 33.12% and you are on table 33. It appears on your tax notice (skattebesked) and your employer normally fetches it from Skatteverket automatically. Most people never need to know it; this page is for checking the deduction yourself.
Salaries above 80,000 kr
Above 80,000 kr a month, Skatteverket's table states the deduction as a percentage of gross pay rather than a fixed amount. The lookup handles both and tells you which applied.
Common questions
Which table number am I on?
It is printed on the tax notice from Skatteverket and follows your municipality's rate — tables 29 to 42 cover the whole country. If you are unsure, check a payslip: the table number is almost always shown there.
Why doesn't this match my payslip?
The table covers an ordinary monthly salary. Adjusted withholding (jämkning), several employers, taxable benefits, commuting deductions or one-off payments such as a bonus are handled separately — one-off payments have their own table entirely.
Is this my final tax?
No. The table deduction is an advance your employer withholds each month. Your final tax is settled in the annual return, where mortgage interest, ROT/RUT, travel and other deductions are counted — which is why people get refunds or bills.
Does it apply to pensioners?
Not this column. The lookup uses column 1 (earned income, under 66). Pension income and people over 66 have their own columns with a higher basic allowance and lower tax.
Figures come from Skatteverket's published 2026 monthly tables. Where they differ, Skatteverket's own notice always governs.
SverigeStart brings information from many official Swedish sources together in one place, and we work to keep it up to date. Even so, rules, rates and amounts can change at any time, and we cannot guarantee that a page here always matches the authority's latest wording. Always confirm with the responsible authority before you act. We give general information, not professional advice on legal, tax, immigration or medical matters, and we take no responsibility for differences between this page and the official source, or for decisions taken on the basis of it.