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Every salary mention in Sweden culture/companies is before tax.

Tax is dependent on where (which kommune) you live. Its generally between 29.5% to 32% until your salary is 32,000 SEK.

You pay higher tax on income more than 32,000 SEK and it goes upto 50%.

But it's incredibly important to mention that Swedish taxes are nothing like American taxes. People balk at that number, but the truth is that there are an enormous number of provable, measurable benefits to individuals and society which the tax money goes to in Sweden. In the US our money just disappears into a big weapons-development-shaped hole. There is so much we don't get in the US for our tax dollars that it's easy to reel at the prospect of even higher taxes. My taxes in California are ten percent lower than what they will be in Sweden, but I get virtually nothing for my American tax dollars.

On the other hand, taxes may be reduced if you work more than a certain amount each year, as it has been the last eight years. But we're moving from a right-ish gov't to a left-ish now, so YMMV.

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