Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 547 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 433 kr
Other tax
- 154 kr
Total tax
- 5 587 kr
Net pay
* 12 960 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
12 960 kr
Net pay
5 827 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 587 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 414 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 827 kr to pay you 18 547 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 222 564 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 67 043 kr. That means that your net pay will be 155 521 kr per year, or 12 960 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 163 159
26.7%
1
Skåne
SEK 159 298
28.4%
2
Halland
SEK 157 790
29.1%
3
Södermanland
SEK 157 113
29.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 157 113
29.4%
5
Värmland
SEK 156 922
29.5%
6
Örebro
SEK 157 018
29.5%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 156 724
29.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 156 264
29.8%
9
Jönköping
SEK 156 048
29.9%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 156 012
29.9%
11
Östergötland
SEK 156 102
29.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 155 665
30.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 155 665
30.1%
14
Kalmar
SEK 155 521
30.1%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 155 330
30.2%
16
Jämtland
SEK 154 462
30.6%
17
Blekinge
SEK 154 169
30.7%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 153 917
30.8%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 153 666
31.0%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 153 259
31.1%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 189 806
14.7%
1
Canada
SEK 165 396
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 210 901
5.2%
1
Thailand
SEK 201 562
9.4%
2
Taiwan
SEK 201 305
9.6%
3
Australia
SEK 200 454
9.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 189 906
14.7%
5
New Zealand
SEK 186 865
16.0%
6
Pakistan
SEK 186 109
16.4%
7
Indonesia
SEK 183 211
17.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 182 073
18.2%
9
Japan
SEK 178 155
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 177 433
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 176 887
20.5%
12
Philippines
SEK 173 752
21.9%
13
Vietnam
SEK 166 143
25.4%
14
China
SEK 156 863
29.5%
15
India
SEK 151 568
31.9%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 183 606
17.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 166 236
25.3%
2
Angola
SEK 163 797
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 161 298
27.5%
4
Morocco
SEK 159 327
28.4%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 158 256
28.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 158 059
29.0%
7
Nigeria
SEK 152 738
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 148 893
33.1%
9
Uganda
SEK 147 860
33.6%
10
Senegal
SEK 145 510
34.6%
11
Zambia
SEK 140 048
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 211 436
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 211 436
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 204 759
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 204 759
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 200 308
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 198 082
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 193 090
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 169 924
23.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 168 978
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 128 904
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.