Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 960 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 702 kr
Other tax
- 155 kr
Total tax
- 5 857 kr
Net pay
* 13 103 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
30.9%
69.1%
Net pay
30.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 103 kr
Net pay
5 957 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 857 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 814 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 957 kr to pay you 18 960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.9% tax rate now rises to 47.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 227 520 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 70 283 kr. That means that your net pay will be 157 237 kr per year, or 13 103 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.9% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 215 515
5.3%
1
Thailand
SEK 205 650
9.6%
2
Taiwan
SEK 205 590
9.6%
3
Australia
SEK 204 369
10.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 193 781
14.8%
5
New Zealand
SEK 190 885
16.1%
6
Pakistan
SEK 189 669
16.6%
7
Indonesia
SEK 186 816
17.9%
8
Malaysia
SEK 185 515
18.5%
9
Japan
SEK 181 965
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 181 448
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 180 745
20.6%
12
Philippines
SEK 177 098
22.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 169 469
25.5%
14
China
SEK 160 320
29.5%
15
India
SEK 154 383
32.2%
16
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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.