Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 4 119 kr
Other tax
- 143 kr
Total tax
- 4 262 kr
Net pay
* 10 738 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.4%
Average tax rate
28.4%
71.6%
Net pay
28.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10 738 kr
Net pay
4 713 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 262 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 975 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 713 kr to pay you 15 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.98 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.4% tax rate now rises to 45.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 180 000 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 51 147 kr. That means that your net pay will be 128 853 kr per year, or 10 738 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 28.4% and your marginal tax rate is 37.4%. 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 37.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 626 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 132 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 178 482
0.8%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 178 234
1.0%
2
Switzerland
SEK 166 921
7.3%
3
Spain
SEK 160 553
10.8%
4
France
SEK 157 732
12.4%
5
Norway
SEK 156 747
12.9%
6
Russia
SEK 156 600
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 154 097
14.4%
8
Austria
SEK 152 146
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 147 260
18.2%
10
Hungary
SEK 146 700
18.5%
11
Italy
SEK 146 631
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 144 900
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 142 971
20.6%
14
Greece
SEK 135 612
24.7%
15
Sweden
SEK 134 639
25.2%
16
Poland
SEK 128 475
28.6%
17
Portugal
SEK 122 719
31.8%
18
Finland
SEK 121 536
32.5%
19
Denmark
SEK 120 443
33.1%
20
Belgium
SEK 119 464
33.6%
21
Netherlands
SEK 113 273
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 105 300
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 157 054
12.8%
1
Canada
SEK 134 738
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 170 915
5.1%
1
Australia
SEK 169 004
6.1%
2
Thailand
SEK 165 417
8.1%
3
Taiwan
SEK 164 091
8.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 156 428
13.1%
5
Pakistan
SEK 154 249
14.3%
6
New Zealand
SEK 152 341
15.4%
7
Malaysia
SEK 151 570
15.8%
8
Indonesia
SEK 151 494
15.8%
9
Japan
SEK 145 428
19.2%
10
Philippines
SEK 144 476
19.7%
11
Singapore
SEK 143 700
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 142 957
20.6%
13
Vietnam
SEK 137 218
23.8%
14
India
SEK 127 392
29.2%
15
China
SEK 127 175
29.4%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 152 712
15.2%
1
Mozambique
SEK 135 590
24.7%
2
Angola
SEK 132 832
26.2%
3
Morocco
SEK 132 627
26.3%
4
Kenya
SEK 131 503
26.9%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 130 239
27.7%
6
Ghana
SEK 129 903
27.8%
7
Nigeria
SEK 123 786
31.2%
8
Cameroon
SEK 123 022
31.7%
9
Uganda
SEK 120 193
33.2%
10
Senegal
SEK 118 985
33.9%
11
Zambia
SEK 113 871
36.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 171 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 171 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 165 600
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 165 600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 162 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 160 200
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 156 330
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 138 001
23.3%
8
Lebanon
SEK 137 055
23.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 101 986
43.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kalmar 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.