Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 908 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 438 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 599 kr
Net pay
* 14 309 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
31.6%
68.4%
Net pay
31.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 309 kr
Net pay
6 569 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 599 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 168 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 569 kr to pay you 20 908 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.30 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 47.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 250 896 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 79 186 kr. That means that your net pay will be 171 710 kr per year, or 14 309 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.6% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 229 320
8.6%
1
Switzerland
SEK 229 155
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 225 834
10.0%
3
Russia
SEK 218 280
13.0%
4
France
SEK 214 732
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 210 927
15.9%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 207 011
17.5%
7
Austria
SEK 205 745
18.0%
8
Hungary
SEK 204 480
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 203 236
19.0%
10
Ukraine
SEK 201 971
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 199 723
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 186 950
25.5%
13
Germany
SEK 185 018
26.3%
14
Greece
SEK 182 757
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 182 144
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 173 745
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 168 141
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 167 078
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 164 421
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 157 887
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 154 847
38.3%
22
Romania
SEK 146 774
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 211 176
15.8%
1
Canada
SEK 186 398
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 237 215
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 225 798
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 224 930
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 222 837
11.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 212 058
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 209 845
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 206 209
17.8%
7
Indonesia
SEK 203 822
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 201 540
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 200 382
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 199 938
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 198 854
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 192 876
23.1%
13
Vietnam
SEK 185 160
26.2%
14
China
SEK 176 625
29.6%
15
India
SEK 167 661
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 226 839
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 224 076
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 223 370
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 217 649
13.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 212 047
15.5%
5
Panama
SEK 207 739
17.2%
6
Chile
SEK 202 700
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 198 073
21.1%
8
Peru
SEK 192 783
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 188 000
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 183 306
26.9%
11
Argentina
SEK 163 007
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 203 268
19.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 186 464
25.7%
2
Angola
SEK 184 409
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 181 130
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 176 905
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 176 801
29.5%
6
Morocco
SEK 176 582
29.6%
7
Nigeria
SEK 172 009
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 166 275
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 166 143
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 162 834
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 157 472
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 238 351
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 238 351
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 230 824
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 230 824
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 225 806
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 223 298
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 214 886
14.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 191 173
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 190 227
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 146 821
41.5%
10
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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.