Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17 125 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 008 kr
Other tax
- 150 kr
Total tax
- 5 158 kr
Net pay
* 11 967 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.2%
Average tax rate
30.1%
69.9%
Net pay
30.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11 967 kr
Net pay
5 381 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 158 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 539 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 381 kr to pay you 17 125 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.15 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.1% tax rate now rises to 46.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 205 500 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 61 896 kr. That means that your net pay will be 143 604 kr per year, or 11 967 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.1% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 176 776
14.0%
1
Canada
SEK 152 746
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 185 796
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 184 625
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 183 922
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 181 477
11.7%
4
Colombia
SEK 178 257
13.3%
5
Panama
SEK 173 396
15.6%
6
Chile
SEK 166 790
18.8%
7
Mexico
SEK 164 614
19.9%
8
Peru
SEK 158 623
22.8%
9
Brazil
SEK 155 088
24.5%
10
Uruguay
SEK 153 583
25.3%
11
Argentina
SEK 133 499
35.0%
12
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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.