Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15 788 kr
Municipal tax
- 4 502 kr
Other tax
- 146 kr
Total tax
- 4 648 kr
Net pay
* 11 140 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
29.4%
70.6%
Net pay
29.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11 140 kr
Net pay
4 961 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 648 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
9 609 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 961 kr to pay you 15 788 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.09 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.4% tax rate now rises to 46.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 189 456 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 55 776 kr. That means that your net pay will be 133 680 kr per year, or 11 140 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.4% and your marginal tax rate is 38.1%. 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 38.14 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.86 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 187 749
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 184 823
2.5%
2
Switzerland
SEK 175 319
7.5%
3
France
SEK 165 335
12.7%
4
Spain
SEK 165 177
12.8%
5
Russia
SEK 164 827
13.0%
6
Norway
SEK 164 251
13.3%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 161 359
14.8%
8
Austria
SEK 160 117
15.5%
9
Hungary
SEK 154 407
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 154 258
18.6%
11
Ukraine
SEK 152 512
19.5%
12
Italy
SEK 152 009
19.8%
13
Germany
SEK 149 085
21.3%
14
Greece
SEK 141 946
25.1%
15
Sweden
SEK 140 976
25.6%
16
Poland
SEK 134 513
29.0%
17
Portugal
SEK 128 440
32.2%
18
Finland
SEK 127 077
32.9%
19
Denmark
SEK 126 805
33.1%
20
Belgium
SEK 124 475
34.3%
21
Netherlands
SEK 119 226
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 110 832
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 164 367
13.2%
1
Canada
SEK 141 181
25.5%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 179 983
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 179 983
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 174 300
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 174 299
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 170 510
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 168 616
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 164 542
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 145 093
23.4%
8
Lebanon
SEK 144 147
23.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 107 966
43.0%
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.