Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 341 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 502 kr
Net pay
* 14 498 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.3%
Average tax rate
31.0%
69.0%
Net pay
31.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 498 kr
Net pay
6 598 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 502 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 100 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 598 kr to pay you 21 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 252 000 kr a year living in the region of Kalmar, Sweden, you will be taxed 78 025 kr. That means that your net pay will be 173 975 kr per year, or 14 498 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.0% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 238 221
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 226 752
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 225 840
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 223 709
11.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 212 922
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 210 740
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 206 954
17.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 204 625
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 202 293
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 201 277
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 200 787
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 199 700
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 193 622
23.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 185 901
26.2%
14
China
SEK 177 395
29.6%
15
India
SEK 168 288
33.2%
16
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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.