Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 667 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 725 kr
Other tax
- 163 kr
Total tax
- 6 888 kr
Net pay
* 14 779 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.1%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 779 kr
Net pay
6 808 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 888 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 696 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 808 kr to pay you 21 667 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 48.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 260 004 kr a year living in the region of Blekinge, Sweden, you will be taxed 82 655 kr. That means that your net pay will be 177 349 kr per year, or 14 779 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 188 249
27.6%
1
Skåne
SEK 183 568
29.4%
2
Halland
SEK 181 743
30.1%
3
Södermanland
SEK 180 921
30.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 180 921
30.4%
5
Värmland
SEK 180 684
30.5%
6
Örebro
SEK 180 799
30.5%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 180 447
30.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 179 886
30.8%
9
Jönköping
SEK 179 625
30.9%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 179 582
30.9%
11
Östergötland
SEK 179 692
30.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 179 163
31.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 179 163
31.1%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 178 755
31.2%
15
Kalmar
SEK 178 992
31.2%
16
Jämtland
SEK 177 701
31.7%
17
Blekinge
SEK 177 349
31.8%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 177 045
31.9%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 176 741
32.0%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 176 247
32.2%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 218 045
16.1%
1
Canada
SEK 193 150
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 245 517
5.6%
1
Taiwan
SEK 233 672
10.1%
2
Thailand
SEK 232 340
10.6%
3
Australia
SEK 230 032
11.5%
4
South Korea
SEK 219 180
15.7%
5
New Zealand
SEK 217 232
16.5%
6
Pakistan
SEK 212 357
18.3%
7
Indonesia
SEK 210 448
19.1%
8
Malaysia
SEK 207 758
20.1%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 207 760
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 206 941
20.4%
11
Singapore
SEK 205 829
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 199 024
23.5%
13
Vietnam
SEK 191 274
26.4%
14
China
SEK 182 978
29.6%
15
India
SEK 172 834
33.5%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 209 553
19.4%
1
Mozambique
SEK 192 509
26.0%
2
Angola
SEK 191 035
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 187 506
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 182 900
29.7%
5
Ghana
SEK 182 826
29.7%
6
Morocco
SEK 182 101
30.0%
7
Nigeria
SEK 178 205
31.5%
8
Uganda
SEK 172 196
33.8%
9
Cameroon
SEK 171 689
34.0%
10
Senegal
SEK 168 390
35.2%
11
Zambia
SEK 163 074
37.3%
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.