Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13 166 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 523 kr
Other tax
- 128 kr
Total tax
- 3 650 kr
Net pay
* 9 516 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.9%
Average tax rate
27.7%
72.3%
Net pay
27.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 516 kr
Net pay
4 137 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 650 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 787 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 137 kr to pay you 13 166 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.7% tax rate now rises to 45.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 157 992 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 43 804 kr. That means that your net pay will be 114 188 kr per year, or 9 516 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.9%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 37.93 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.07 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 621 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 104 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 139 958
11.4%
1
Canada
SEK 119 744
24.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 152 052
3.8%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 150 092
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 146 315
7.4%
3
Taiwan
SEK 144 015
8.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 137 888
12.7%
5
Pakistan
SEK 137 743
12.8%
6
Malaysia
SEK 134 784
14.7%
7
New Zealand
SEK 134 490
14.9%
8
Indonesia
SEK 134 183
15.1%
9
Philippines
SEK 128 824
18.5%
10
Japan
SEK 128 125
18.9%
11
Singapore
SEK 126 445
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 125 286
20.7%
13
Vietnam
SEK 121 624
23.0%
14
India
SEK 114 891
27.3%
15
China
SEK 111 824
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 144 077
8.8%
1
Guatemala
SEK 142 843
9.6%
2
Ecuador
SEK 142 064
10.1%
3
Colombia
SEK 141 799
10.3%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 141 403
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 137 457
13.0%
6
Mexico
SEK 129 288
18.2%
7
Chile
SEK 129 209
18.2%
8
Uruguay
SEK 124 908
20.9%
9
Peru
SEK 122 873
22.2%
10
Brazil
SEK 120 985
23.4%
11
Argentina
SEK 102 619
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 136 426
13.7%
1
Mozambique
SEK 119 744
24.2%
2
Morocco
SEK 118 430
25.0%
3
Angola
SEK 116 821
26.1%
4
Kenya
SEK 116 097
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 115 752
26.7%
6
Ghana
SEK 114 831
27.3%
7
Cameroon
SEK 109 773
30.5%
8
Nigeria
SEK 108 816
31.1%
9
Uganda
SEK 105 888
33.0%
10
Senegal
SEK 105 120
33.5%
11
Zambia
SEK 100 337
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 150 092
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 150 092
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 145 353
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 145 353
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 142 193
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 140 613
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 137 216
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 121 495
23.1%
8
Lebanon
SEK 120 549
23.7%
9
Turkey
SEK 88 068
44.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Blekinge tables of Sweden, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.