Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14 915 kr
Municipal tax
- 4 172 kr
Other tax
- 143 kr
Total tax
- 4 315 kr
Net pay
* 10 600 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.2%
Average tax rate
28.9%
71.1%
Net pay
28.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10 600 kr
Net pay
4 686 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 315 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
9 001 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 686 kr to pay you 14 915 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.9% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 178 980 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 51 780 kr. That means that your net pay will be 127 200 kr per year, or 10 600 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 28.9% and your marginal tax rate is 38.2%. 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 38.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 619 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 093 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 133 956
25.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 131 053
26.8%
2
Halland
SEK 129 923
27.4%
3
Södermanland
SEK 129 406
27.7%
4
Uppsala
SEK 129 406
27.7%
5
Örebro
SEK 129 341
27.7%
6
Värmland
SEK 129 267
27.8%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 129 116
27.9%
8
Jönköping
SEK 128 608
28.1%
9
Västmanland
SEK 128 772
28.1%
10
Östergötland
SEK 128 656
28.1%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 128 582
28.2%
12
Dalarna
SEK 128 318
28.3%
13
Gotland
SEK 128 318
28.3%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 128 075
28.4%
15
Kalmar
SEK 128 214
28.4%
16
Jämtland
SEK 127 416
28.8%
17
Blekinge
SEK 127 200
28.9%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 127 010
29.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 126 820
29.1%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 126 515
29.3%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 156 265
12.7%
1
Canada
SEK 134 043
25.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 161 990
9.5%
1
Guatemala
SEK 161 819
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 160 187
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 159 865
10.7%
4
Colombia
SEK 157 905
11.8%
5
Panama
SEK 153 334
14.3%
6
Chile
SEK 145 812
18.5%
7
Mexico
SEK 145 067
19.0%
8
Uruguay
SEK 138 807
22.5%
9
Peru
SEK 138 666
22.5%
10
Brazil
SEK 135 861
24.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 116 261
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 151 957
15.1%
1
Mozambique
SEK 134 855
24.7%
2
Angola
SEK 132 090
26.2%
3
Morocco
SEK 131 969
26.3%
4
Kenya
SEK 130 789
26.9%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 129 567
27.6%
6
Ghana
SEK 129 221
27.8%
7
Nigeria
SEK 123 092
31.2%
8
Cameroon
SEK 122 408
31.6%
9
Uganda
SEK 119 530
33.2%
10
Senegal
SEK 118 342
33.9%
11
Zambia
SEK 113 244
36.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 170 031
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 170 031
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 164 662
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 164 662
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 161 082
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 159 292
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 155 444
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 137 236
23.3%
8
Lebanon
SEK 136 290
23.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 101 341
43.4%
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.