Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 2 751 kr
Other tax
- 109 kr
Total tax
- 2 860 kr
Net pay
* 8 640 kr
Marginal tax rate
35.9%
Average tax rate
24.9%
75.1%
Net pay
24.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8 640 kr
Net pay
3 613 kr
Tax the employer pays
2 860 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
6 473 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 613 kr to pay you 11 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.63 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.9% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 138 000 kr a year living in the region of Halland, Sweden, you will be taxed 34 318 kr. That means that your net pay will be 103 682 kr per year, or 8 640 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 24.9% and your marginal tax rate is 35.9%. 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 35.94 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64.06 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 641 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 203 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 106 484
22.8%
1
Skåne
SEK 104 470
24.3%
2
Halland
SEK 103 682
24.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 103 330
25.1%
4
Uppsala
SEK 103 330
25.1%
5
Värmland
SEK 103 221
25.2%
6
Örebro
SEK 103 282
25.2%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 103 124
25.3%
8
Västmanland
SEK 102 882
25.4%
9
Jönköping
SEK 102 772
25.5%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 102 748
25.5%
11
Östergötland
SEK 102 797
25.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 102 566
25.7%
13
Gotland
SEK 102 566
25.7%
14
Kalmar
SEK 102 493
25.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 102 396
25.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 101 936
26.1%
17
Blekinge
SEK 101 778
26.2%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 101 657
26.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 101 523
26.4%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 101 305
26.6%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 138 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
SEK 138 000
0.0%
2
Spain
SEK 129 237
6.4%
3
Switzerland
SEK 128 320
7.0%
4
France
SEK 123 935
10.2%
5
Norway
SEK 123 184
10.7%
6
Italy
SEK 121 326
12.1%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 121 275
12.1%
8
Russia
SEK 120 060
13.0%
9
Austria
SEK 117 332
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 116 180
15.8%
11
Hungary
SEK 112 470
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 111 090
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 110 849
19.7%
14
Greece
SEK 107 420
22.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 106 484
22.8%
16
Poland
SEK 101 656
26.3%
17
Portugal
SEK 97 309
29.5%
18
Finland
SEK 95 565
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 93 840
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 92 186
33.2%
21
Netherlands
SEK 86 847
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 80 730
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 124 063
10.1%
1
Canada
SEK 105 048
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 136 409
1.2%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 131 100
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 128 704
6.7%
3
Taiwan
SEK 125 786
8.9%
4
Pakistan
SEK 122 411
11.3%
5
South Korea
SEK 120 920
12.4%
6
Malaysia
SEK 118 881
13.9%
7
New Zealand
SEK 118 275
14.3%
8
Indonesia
SEK 117 844
14.6%
9
Philippines
SEK 114 409
17.1%
10
Japan
SEK 112 137
18.7%
11
Singapore
SEK 110 434
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 109 296
20.8%
13
Vietnam
SEK 107 310
22.2%
14
India
SEK 103 536
25.0%
15
China
SEK 97 880
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 126 891
8.1%
1
Colombia
SEK 124 860
9.5%
2
Guatemala
SEK 124 768
9.6%
3
Ecuador
SEK 124 756
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 123 510
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 122 174
11.5%
6
Mexico
SEK 114 121
17.3%
7
Chile
SEK 113 395
17.8%
8
Uruguay
SEK 110 230
20.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 108 470
21.4%
10
Peru
SEK 107 829
21.9%
11
Argentina
SEK 89 624
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 121 579
11.9%
1
Morocco
SEK 105 534
23.5%
2
Mozambique
SEK 105 350
23.7%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 102 593
25.7%
4
Angola
SEK 102 269
25.9%
5
Kenya
SEK 102 103
26.0%
6
Ghana
SEK 100 662
27.1%
7
Cameroon
SEK 97 950
29.0%
8
Nigeria
SEK 95 217
31.0%
9
Uganda
SEK 92 893
32.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 92 447
33.0%
11
Zambia
SEK 88 041
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 131 100
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 131 100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 126 960
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 126 960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 124 200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 122 820
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 119 853
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 106 501
22.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 105 555
23.5%
9
Turkey
SEK 77 341
44.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Halland 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.