Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
13 542 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 579 kr
Other tax
- 132 kr
Total tax
- 3 711 kr
Net pay
* 9 831 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.1%
Average tax rate
27.4%
72.6%
Net pay
27.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 831 kr
Net pay
4 255 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 711 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 966 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 255 kr to pay you 13 542 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.88 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.4% tax rate now rises to 44.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 162 504 kr a year living in the region of Dalarna, Sweden, you will be taxed 44 535 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117 969 kr per year, or 9 831 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.4% and your marginal tax rate is 37.1%. 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 37.14 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.86 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 629 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 143 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 122 912
24.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 120 369
25.9%
2
Halland
SEK 119 379
26.5%
3
Södermanland
SEK 118 926
26.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 118 926
26.8%
5
Värmland
SEK 118 801
26.9%
6
Örebro
SEK 118 870
26.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 118 670
27.0%
8
Jönköping
SEK 118 226
27.2%
9
Västmanland
SEK 118 369
27.2%
10
Östergötland
SEK 118 267
27.2%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 118 202
27.3%
12
Dalarna
SEK 117 969
27.4%
13
Gotland
SEK 117 969
27.4%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 117 758
27.5%
15
Kalmar
SEK 117 880
27.5%
16
Jämtland
SEK 117 179
27.9%
17
Blekinge
SEK 116 988
28.0%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 116 824
28.1%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 116 657
28.2%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 116 389
28.4%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 143 470
11.7%
1
Canada
SEK 122 818
24.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 155 547
4.3%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 154 379
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 150 232
7.6%
3
Taiwan
SEK 148 131
8.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 141 689
12.8%
5
Pakistan
SEK 141 127
13.2%
6
Malaysia
SEK 138 225
14.9%
7
New Zealand
SEK 138 150
15.0%
8
Indonesia
SEK 137 732
15.2%
9
Philippines
SEK 132 077
18.7%
10
Japan
SEK 131 696
19.0%
11
Singapore
SEK 130 036
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 128 907
20.7%
13
Vietnam
SEK 124 855
23.2%
14
India
SEK 117 454
27.7%
15
China
SEK 114 971
29.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 139 765
14.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 122 993
24.3%
2
Morocco
SEK 121 341
25.3%
3
Angola
SEK 120 103
26.1%
4
Kenya
SEK 119 256
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 118 722
26.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 118 029
27.4%
7
Cameroon
SEK 112 489
30.8%
8
Nigeria
SEK 111 885
31.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 108 821
33.0%
10
Senegal
SEK 107 963
33.6%
11
Zambia
SEK 103 111
36.6%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Dalarna 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.