Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13 498 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 645 kr
Other tax
- 132 kr
Total tax
- 3 776 kr
Net pay
* 9 722 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.9%
Average tax rate
28.0%
72.0%
Net pay
28.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 722 kr
Net pay
4 241 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 776 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 017 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 241 kr to pay you 13 498 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.94 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28% tax rate now rises to 45.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 161 976 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 45 316 kr. That means that your net pay will be 116 660 kr per year, or 9 722 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 28.0% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 122 558
24.3%
1
Skåne
SEK 120 027
25.9%
2
Halland
SEK 119 041
26.5%
3
Södermanland
SEK 118 590
26.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 118 590
26.8%
5
Örebro
SEK 118 534
26.8%
6
Värmland
SEK 118 465
26.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 118 335
26.9%
8
Västmanland
SEK 118 035
27.1%
9
Jönköping
SEK 117 893
27.2%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 117 869
27.2%
11
Östergötland
SEK 117 934
27.2%
12
Dalarna
SEK 117 637
27.4%
13
Gotland
SEK 117 637
27.4%
14
Kalmar
SEK 117 548
27.4%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 117 427
27.5%
16
Jämtland
SEK 116 851
27.9%
17
Blekinge
SEK 116 660
28.0%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 116 498
28.1%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 116 331
28.2%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 116 064
28.3%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 143 059
11.7%
1
Canada
SEK 122 458
24.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 155 138
4.2%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 153 877
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 149 773
7.5%
3
Taiwan
SEK 147 649
8.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 141 244
12.8%
5
Pakistan
SEK 140 731
13.1%
6
Malaysia
SEK 137 823
14.9%
7
New Zealand
SEK 137 722
15.0%
8
Indonesia
SEK 137 317
15.2%
9
Philippines
SEK 131 696
18.7%
10
Japan
SEK 131 278
19.0%
11
Singapore
SEK 129 616
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 128 483
20.7%
13
Vietnam
SEK 124 477
23.2%
14
India
SEK 117 154
27.7%
15
China
SEK 114 603
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 147 477
9.0%
1
Guatemala
SEK 146 445
9.6%
2
Ecuador
SEK 145 491
10.2%
3
Costa Rica
SEK 144 969
10.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 144 856
10.6%
5
Panama
SEK 140 471
13.3%
6
Chile
SEK 132 361
18.3%
7
Mexico
SEK 132 310
18.3%
8
Uruguay
SEK 127 773
21.1%
9
Peru
SEK 125 871
22.3%
10
Brazil
SEK 123 666
23.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 105 209
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 139 374
14.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 122 613
24.3%
2
Morocco
SEK 121 000
25.3%
3
Angola
SEK 119 719
26.1%
4
Kenya
SEK 118 886
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 118 375
26.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 117 655
27.4%
7
Cameroon
SEK 112 171
30.8%
8
Nigeria
SEK 111 526
31.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 108 477
33.0%
10
Senegal
SEK 107 630
33.6%
11
Zambia
SEK 102 787
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 153 877
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 153 877
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 149 018
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 149 018
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 145 778
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 144 159
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 140 676
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 124 483
23.2%
8
Lebanon
SEK 123 537
23.7%
9
Turkey
SEK 90 587
44.1%
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.