Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 150 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 274 kr
Other tax
- 153 kr
Total tax
- 5 427 kr
Net pay
* 12 723 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.2%
Average tax rate
29.9%
70.1%
Net pay
29.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 723 kr
Net pay
5 703 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 427 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 130 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 703 kr to pay you 18 150 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.9% tax rate now rises to 46.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 217 800 kr a year living in the region of Gotland, Sweden, you will be taxed 65 125 kr. That means that your net pay will be 152 675 kr per year, or 12 723 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.9% 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 186 213
14.5%
1
Canada
SEK 161 864
25.7%
2
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.