Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 973 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 318 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 478 kr
Net pay
* 14 495 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.2%
Average tax rate
30.9%
69.1%
Net pay
30.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 495 kr
Net pay
6 590 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 478 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 068 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 590 kr to pay you 20 973 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.9% tax rate now rises to 47.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 251 676 kr a year living in the region of Gotland, Sweden, you will be taxed 77 740 kr. That means that your net pay will be 173 936 kr per year, or 14 495 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.9% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 182 667
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 178 171
29.2%
2
Halland
SEK 176 416
29.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 175 627
30.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 175 627
30.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 175 398
30.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 175 510
30.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 175 170
30.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 174 633
30.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 174 381
30.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 174 341
30.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 174 445
30.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 173 936
30.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 173 936
30.9%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 173 543
31.0%
15
Kalmar
SEK 173 772
31.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 172 533
31.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 172 193
31.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 171 901
31.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 171 608
31.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 171 135
32.0%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 229 829
8.7%
1
Switzerland
SEK 229 777
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 355
10.1%
3
Russia
SEK 218 958
13.0%
4
France
SEK 215 360
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 211 457
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 207 570
17.5%
7
Austria
SEK 206 288
18.0%
8
Hungary
SEK 205 116
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 203 780
19.0%
10
Ukraine
SEK 202 599
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 300
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 393
25.5%
13
Germany
SEK 185 460
26.3%
14
Greece
SEK 183 266
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 182 667
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 243
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 168 666
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 167 562
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 164 845
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 378
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 173
38.3%
22
Romania
SEK 147 230
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 211 764
15.9%
1
Canada
SEK 186 976
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 237 926
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 226 472
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 225 573
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 223 453
11.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 212 668
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 210 478
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 206 735
17.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 204 390
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 202 072
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 201 014
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 200 538
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 199 452
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 193 403
23.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 185 684
26.2%
14
China
SEK 177 169
29.6%
15
India
SEK 168 104
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 227 544
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 224 705
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 224 036
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 218 266
13.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 212 593
15.5%
5
Panama
SEK 208 329
17.2%
6
Chile
SEK 203 317
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 198 648
21.1%
8
Peru
SEK 193 370
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 188 565
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 183 835
27.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 163 514
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 203 807
19.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 186 981
25.7%
2
Angola
SEK 184 976
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 181 676
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 177 418
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 177 317
29.6%
6
Morocco
SEK 177 054
29.7%
7
Nigeria
SEK 172 540
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 166 782
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 166 618
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 163 309
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 157 952
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 239 092
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 239 092
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 231 542
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 231 542
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 226 508
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 223 992
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 215 486
14.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 191 758
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 190 812
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 147 314
41.5%
10
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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.