Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19 002 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 718 kr
Other tax
- 155 kr
Total tax
- 5 873 kr
Net pay
* 13 129 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
13 129 kr
Net pay
5 970 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 873 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 843 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 970 kr to pay you 19 002 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 228 024 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 70 475 kr. That means that your net pay will be 157 549 kr per year, or 13 129 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 193 924
15.0%
1
Canada
SEK 169 443
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 206 160
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 203 941
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 203 849
10.6%
3
Ecuador
SEK 199 565
12.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 195 254
14.4%
5
Panama
SEK 190 436
16.5%
6
Chile
SEK 184 607
19.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 181 215
20.5%
8
Peru
SEK 175 572
23.0%
9
Brazil
SEK 171 418
24.8%
10
Uruguay
SEK 167 772
26.4%
11
Argentina
SEK 148 140
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.