Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 645 kr
Other tax
- 132 kr
Total tax
- 3 777 kr
Net pay
* 9 723 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
9 723 kr
Net pay
4 242 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 777 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 019 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 242 kr to pay you 13 500 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 162 000 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 45 325 kr. That means that your net pay will be 116 675 kr per year, or 9 723 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 122 574
24.3%
1
Skåne
SEK 120 042
25.9%
2
Halland
SEK 119 057
26.5%
3
Södermanland
SEK 118 606
26.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 118 606
26.8%
5
Örebro
SEK 118 549
26.8%
6
Värmland
SEK 118 481
26.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 118 350
26.9%
8
Västmanland
SEK 118 050
27.1%
9
Jönköping
SEK 117 908
27.2%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 117 884
27.2%
11
Östergötland
SEK 117 949
27.2%
12
Dalarna
SEK 117 653
27.4%
13
Gotland
SEK 117 653
27.4%
14
Kalmar
SEK 117 563
27.4%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 117 442
27.5%
16
Jämtland
SEK 116 866
27.9%
17
Blekinge
SEK 116 675
28.0%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 116 512
28.1%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 116 346
28.2%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 116 079
28.3%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 162 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
SEK 160 842
0.7%
2
Spain
SEK 151 681
6.4%
3
Switzerland
SEK 150 656
7.0%
4
France
SEK 143 260
11.6%
5
Norway
SEK 142 413
12.1%
6
Russia
SEK 140 940
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 140 149
13.5%
8
Austria
SEK 137 732
15.0%
9
Italy
SEK 135 935
16.1%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 133 940
17.3%
11
Hungary
SEK 132 030
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 130 410
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 130 122
19.7%
14
Greece
SEK 123 554
23.7%
15
Sweden
SEK 122 574
24.3%
16
Poland
SEK 116 981
27.8%
17
Portugal
SEK 111 829
31.0%
18
Finland
SEK 110 300
31.9%
19
Belgium
SEK 109 924
32.2%
20
Denmark
SEK 108 333
33.1%
21
Netherlands
SEK 101 944
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 94 770
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 143 078
11.7%
1
Canada
SEK 122 475
24.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 155 156
4.2%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 153 900
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 149 794
7.5%
3
Taiwan
SEK 147 671
8.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 141 264
12.8%
5
Pakistan
SEK 140 749
13.1%
6
Malaysia
SEK 137 841
14.9%
7
New Zealand
SEK 137 741
15.0%
8
Indonesia
SEK 137 336
15.2%
9
Philippines
SEK 131 713
18.7%
10
Japan
SEK 131 297
19.0%
11
Singapore
SEK 129 635
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 128 503
20.7%
13
Vietnam
SEK 124 494
23.2%
14
India
SEK 117 168
27.7%
15
China
SEK 114 620
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 147 498
9.0%
1
Guatemala
SEK 146 467
9.6%
2
Ecuador
SEK 145 512
10.2%
3
Costa Rica
SEK 144 990
10.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 144 875
10.6%
5
Panama
SEK 140 489
13.3%
6
Chile
SEK 132 380
18.3%
7
Mexico
SEK 132 329
18.3%
8
Uruguay
SEK 127 790
21.1%
9
Peru
SEK 125 889
22.3%
10
Brazil
SEK 123 682
23.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 105 224
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 139 392
14.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 122 630
24.3%
2
Morocco
SEK 121 016
25.3%
3
Angola
SEK 119 737
26.1%
4
Kenya
SEK 118 903
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 118 390
26.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 117 672
27.4%
7
Cameroon
SEK 112 186
30.8%
8
Nigeria
SEK 111 542
31.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 108 493
33.0%
10
Senegal
SEK 107 645
33.6%
11
Zambia
SEK 102 801
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 153 900
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 153 900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 149 040
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 149 040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 145 800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 144 180
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 140 697
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 124 501
23.2%
8
Lebanon
SEK 123 555
23.7%
9
Turkey
SEK 90 602
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.