Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 042 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 489 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 650 kr
Net pay
* 14 392 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
14 392 kr
Net pay
6 611 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 650 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 261 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 611 kr to pay you 21 042 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
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 252 504 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 79 798 kr. That means that your net pay will be 172 706 kr per year, or 14 392 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 38.08 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 183 222
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 178 708
29.2%
2
Halland
SEK 176 946
29.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 176 153
30.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 176 153
30.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 175 924
30.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 176 036
30.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 175 695
30.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 175 155
30.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 174 902
30.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 174 862
30.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 174 966
30.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 174 456
30.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 174 456
30.9%
14
Kalmar
SEK 174 291
31.0%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 174 061
31.1%
16
Jämtland
SEK 173 047
31.5%
17
Blekinge
SEK 172 706
31.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 172 412
31.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 172 118
31.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 171 643
32.0%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
SEK 230 436
8.7%
1
Ireland
SEK 230 370
8.8%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 908
10.1%
3
Russia
SEK 219 678
13.0%
4
France
SEK 216 025
14.5%
5
Norway
SEK 212 019
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 208 163
17.6%
7
Austria
SEK 206 864
18.1%
8
Hungary
SEK 205 791
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 204 357
19.1%
10
Ukraine
SEK 203 266
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 913
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 864
25.6%
13
Germany
SEK 185 928
26.4%
14
Greece
SEK 183 806
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 183 222
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 772
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 169 223
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 168 076
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 165 296
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 899
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 519
38.4%
22
Romania
SEK 147 715
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 212 389
15.9%
1
Canada
SEK 187 590
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 238 681
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 227 188
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 226 256
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 224 107
11.3%
4
South Korea
SEK 213 316
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 211 149
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 207 294
17.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 204 992
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 202 638
19.8%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 201 685
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 201 175
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 200 086
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 193 962
23.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 186 240
26.2%
14
China
SEK 177 746
29.6%
15
India
SEK 168 574
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 228 293
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 225 372
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 224 743
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 218 921
13.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 213 173
15.6%
5
Panama
SEK 208 955
17.3%
6
Chile
SEK 203 972
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 199 258
21.1%
8
Peru
SEK 193 993
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 189 166
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 184 398
27.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 164 052
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 204 378
19.1%
1
Mozambique
SEK 187 531
25.7%
2
Angola
SEK 185 578
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 182 256
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 177 963
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 177 864
29.6%
6
Morocco
SEK 177 556
29.7%
7
Nigeria
SEK 173 103
31.5%
8
Uganda
SEK 167 321
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 167 122
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 163 815
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 158 461
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 239 879
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 239 879
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 232 304
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 232 304
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 227 254
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 224 729
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 216 123
14.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 192 379
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 191 433
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 147 838
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.