Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17 680 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 218 kr
Other tax
- 151 kr
Total tax
- 5 369 kr
Net pay
* 12 311 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
30.4%
69.6%
Net pay
30.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 311 kr
Net pay
5 555 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 369 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 924 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 555 kr to pay you 17 680 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.4% tax rate now rises to 47.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 212 160 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 64 433 kr. That means that your net pay will be 147 727 kr per year, or 12 311 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.4% 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 38.08 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.92 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 181 890
14.3%
1
Canada
SEK 157 683
25.7%
2
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.