Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 034 kr
Other tax
- 151 kr
Total tax
- 5 185 kr
Net pay
* 12 315 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.2%
Average tax rate
29.6%
70.4%
Net pay
29.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 315 kr
Net pay
5 499 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 185 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 684 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 499 kr to pay you 17 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.6% tax rate now rises to 46.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 210 000 kr a year living in the region of Gotland, Sweden, you will be taxed 62 220 kr. That means that your net pay will be 147 780 kr per year, or 12 315 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.6% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 180 234
14.2%
1
Canada
SEK 156 082
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 199 204
5.1%
1
Thailand
SEK 190 965
9.1%
2
Australia
SEK 190 766
9.2%
3
Taiwan
SEK 190 390
9.3%
4
South Korea
SEK 180 082
14.3%
5
Pakistan
SEK 176 749
15.8%
6
New Zealand
SEK 176 674
15.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 174 070
17.1%
8
Malaysia
SEK 173 347
17.5%
9
Japan
SEK 168 495
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 167 257
20.4%
11
Singapore
SEK 167 108
20.4%
12
Philippines
SEK 165 272
21.3%
13
Vietnam
SEK 157 709
24.9%
14
China
SEK 148 100
29.5%
15
India
SEK 144 432
31.2%
16
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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.