Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
10 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 2 389 kr
Other tax
- 92 kr
Total tax
- 2 481 kr
Net pay
* 7 520 kr
Marginal tax rate
28.2%
Average tax rate
24.8%
75.2%
Net pay
24.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7 520 kr
Net pay
3 142 kr
Tax the employer pays
2 481 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
5 623 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 142 kr to pay you 10 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.8% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 120 000 kr a year living in the region of Gotland, Sweden, you will be taxed 29 766 kr. That means that your net pay will be 90 234 kr per year, or 7 520 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 24.8% and your marginal tax rate is 28.2%. 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 28.20 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 71.80 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 718 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 590 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 120 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
SEK 120 000
0.0%
2
Spain
SEK 112 380
6.4%
3
Switzerland
SEK 111 544
7.1%
4
Italy
SEK 110 370
8.0%
5
Norway
SEK 108 763
9.4%
6
France
SEK 108 360
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 106 184
11.5%
8
Russia
SEK 104 400
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 102 860
14.3%
10
Austria
SEK 102 027
15.0%
11
Hungary
SEK 97 800
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 96 600
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 96 390
19.7%
14
Greece
SEK 93 781
21.9%
15
Sweden
SEK 93 540
22.1%
16
Poland
SEK 90 162
24.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 86 128
28.2%
18
Finland
SEK 83 100
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 81 600
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 80 076
33.3%
21
Netherlands
SEK 75 515
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 70 200
41.5%
23
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gotland 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.