Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 416 kr
Other tax
- 154 kr
Total tax
- 5 569 kr
Net pay
* 12 931 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.3%
Average tax rate
30.1%
69.9%
Net pay
30.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 931 kr
Net pay
5 813 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 569 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 382 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, 6.15 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.1% tax rate now rises to 46.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222 000 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 66 832 kr. That means that your net pay will be 155 168 kr per year, or 12 931 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.1% and your marginal tax rate is 37.3%. 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 37.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 627 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 135 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 211 189
4.9%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 206 546
7.0%
2
Switzerland
SEK 204 264
8.0%
3
Russia
SEK 193 140
13.0%
4
France
SEK 191 500
13.7%
5
Norway
SEK 189 842
14.5%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 186 035
16.2%
7
Austria
SEK 185 622
16.4%
8
Spain
SEK 182 955
17.6%
9
Hungary
SEK 180 930
18.5%
10
Ukraine
SEK 178 710
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 178 340
19.7%
12
Italy
SEK 170 517
23.2%
13
Germany
SEK 168 654
24.0%
14
Greece
SEK 163 746
26.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 162 781
26.7%
16
Poland
SEK 155 294
30.1%
17
Finland
SEK 149 105
32.8%
18
Denmark
SEK 148 700
33.0%
19
Portugal
SEK 148 129
33.3%
20
Belgium
SEK 141 724
36.2%
21
Netherlands
SEK 139 698
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 129 870
41.5%
23
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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
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 200 714
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 198 708
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 198 610
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 194 802
12.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 190 827
14.0%
5
Panama
SEK 185 879
16.3%
6
Chile
SEK 179 842
19.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 176 775
20.4%
8
Peru
SEK 171 039
23.0%
9
Brazil
SEK 167 050
24.8%
10
Uruguay
SEK 163 681
26.3%
11
Argentina
SEK 144 224
35.0%
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 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.