Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17 498 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 149 kr
Other tax
- 151 kr
Total tax
- 5 300 kr
Net pay
* 12 198 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
30.3%
69.7%
Net pay
30.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 198 kr
Net pay
5 498 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 300 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 798 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 498 kr to pay you 17 498 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.17 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.3% tax rate now rises to 47.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 209 976 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 63 601 kr. That means that your net pay will be 146 375 kr per year, or 12 198 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.3% 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 38.09 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.91 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 3 096 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 154 725
26.3%
1
Skåne
SEK 151 136
28.0%
2
Halland
SEK 149 734
28.7%
3
Södermanland
SEK 149 106
29.0%
4
Uppsala
SEK 149 106
29.0%
5
Örebro
SEK 149 020
29.0%
6
Värmland
SEK 148 933
29.1%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 148 749
29.2%
8
Västmanland
SEK 148 319
29.4%
9
Östergötland
SEK 148 171
29.4%
10
Jönköping
SEK 148 121
29.5%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 148 085
29.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 147 765
29.6%
13
Gotland
SEK 147 765
29.6%
14
Kalmar
SEK 147 630
29.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 147 456
29.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 146 646
30.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 146 375
30.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 146 142
30.4%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 145 908
30.5%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 145 528
30.7%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 180 216
14.2%
1
Canada
SEK 156 064
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 189 842
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 188 445
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 187 929
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 185 120
11.8%
4
Colombia
SEK 181 692
13.5%
5
Panama
SEK 176 783
15.8%
6
Chile
SEK 170 331
18.9%
7
Mexico
SEK 167 913
20.0%
8
Peru
SEK 161 991
22.9%
9
Brazil
SEK 158 333
24.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 156 076
25.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 136 409
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 174 855
16.7%
1
Mozambique
SEK 157 173
25.2%
2
Angola
SEK 154 639
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 152 486
27.4%
4
Morocco
SEK 151 495
27.9%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 149 970
28.6%
6
Ghana
SEK 149 732
28.7%
7
Nigeria
SEK 144 175
31.3%
8
Cameroon
SEK 141 229
32.7%
9
Uganda
SEK 139 677
33.5%
10
Senegal
SEK 137 686
34.4%
11
Zambia
SEK 132 307
37.0%
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.