Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 497 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 142 kr
Other tax
- 159 kr
Total tax
- 6 301 kr
Net pay
* 14 196 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.2%
Average tax rate
30.7%
69.3%
Net pay
30.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 196 kr
Net pay
6 440 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 301 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 741 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 440 kr to pay you 20 497 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.7% tax rate now rises to 47.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 245 964 kr a year living in the region of Dalarna, Sweden, you will be taxed 75 613 kr. That means that your net pay will be 170 351 kr per year, or 14 196 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.2%. 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 37.24 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.76 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 628 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 138 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 226 097
8.1%
1
Switzerland
SEK 225 175
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 222 542
9.5%
3
Russia
SEK 213 989
13.0%
4
France
SEK 210 767
14.3%
5
Norway
SEK 207 579
15.6%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 203 479
17.3%
7
Austria
SEK 202 313
17.8%
8
Hungary
SEK 200 461
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 199 798
18.8%
10
Ukraine
SEK 198 001
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 196 073
20.3%
12
Italy
SEK 184 145
25.1%
13
Germany
SEK 182 229
25.9%
14
Greece
SEK 179 540
27.0%
15
Sweden
SEK 178 838
27.3%
16
Poland
SEK 170 596
30.6%
17
Denmark
SEK 164 823
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 164 016
33.3%
19
Portugal
SEK 161 737
34.2%
20
Netherlands
SEK 154 784
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 152 785
37.9%
22
Romania
SEK 143 889
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 207 456
15.7%
1
Canada
SEK 182 742
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 232 686
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 221 534
9.9%
2
Thailand
SEK 220 862
10.2%
3
Australia
SEK 218 940
11.0%
4
South Korea
SEK 208 202
15.4%
5
New Zealand
SEK 205 845
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 202 880
17.5%
7
Indonesia
SEK 200 234
18.6%
8
Malaysia
SEK 198 172
19.4%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 196 387
20.2%
10
Japan
SEK 196 146
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 195 077
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 189 547
22.9%
13
Vietnam
SEK 181 850
26.1%
14
China
SEK 173 185
29.6%
15
India
SEK 164 860
33.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 222 380
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 219 818
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 219 161
10.9%
3
Ecuador
SEK 213 750
13.1%
4
Colombia
SEK 208 438
15.3%
5
Panama
SEK 204 007
17.1%
6
Chile
SEK 198 799
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 194 438
21.0%
8
Peru
SEK 189 072
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 184 424
25.0%
10
Uruguay
SEK 179 956
26.8%
11
Argentina
SEK 159 801
35.0%
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.