Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 227 kr
Other tax
- 154 kr
Total tax
- 5 381 kr
Net pay
* 13 119 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.0%
Average tax rate
29.1%
70.9%
Net pay
29.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 119 kr
Net pay
5 813 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 381 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 194 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 813 kr to pay you 18 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.1% tax rate now rises to 46.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222 000 kr a year living in the region of Halland, Sweden, you will be taxed 64 571 kr. That means that your net pay will be 157 429 kr per year, or 13 119 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.1% and your marginal tax rate is 36.0%. 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 36 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 64 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 640 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 200 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 162 781
26.7%
1
Skåne
SEK 158 932
28.4%
2
Halland
SEK 157 429
29.1%
3
Södermanland
SEK 156 755
29.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 156 755
29.4%
5
Örebro
SEK 156 659
29.4%
6
Värmland
SEK 156 564
29.5%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 156 367
29.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 155 908
29.8%
9
Östergötland
SEK 155 747
29.8%
10
Jönköping
SEK 155 693
29.9%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 155 657
29.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 155 311
30.0%
13
Gotland
SEK 155 311
30.0%
14
Kalmar
SEK 155 168
30.1%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 154 977
30.2%
16
Jämtland
SEK 154 112
30.6%
17
Blekinge
SEK 153 820
30.7%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 153 569
30.8%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 153 318
30.9%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 152 913
31.1%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 189 381
14.7%
1
Canada
SEK 164 978
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 210 376
5.2%
1
Thailand
SEK 201 097
9.4%
2
Taiwan
SEK 200 817
9.5%
3
Australia
SEK 200 009
9.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 189 465
14.7%
5
New Zealand
SEK 186 407
16.0%
6
Pakistan
SEK 185 703
16.4%
7
Indonesia
SEK 182 800
17.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 181 681
18.2%
9
Japan
SEK 177 721
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 176 977
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 176 449
20.5%
12
Philippines
SEK 173 372
21.9%
13
Vietnam
SEK 165 764
25.3%
14
China
SEK 156 470
29.5%
15
India
SEK 151 248
31.9%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 183 214
17.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 165 830
25.3%
2
Angola
SEK 163 387
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 160 903
27.5%
4
Morocco
SEK 158 976
28.4%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 157 884
28.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 157 686
29.0%
7
Nigeria
SEK 152 354
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 148 550
33.1%
9
Uganda
SEK 147 493
33.6%
10
Senegal
SEK 145 160
34.6%
11
Zambia
SEK 139 701
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 210 900
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 210 900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 204 240
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 204 240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 199 800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 197 580
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 192 656
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 169 501
23.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 168 555
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 128 547
42.1%
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.