Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 008 kr
Other tax
- 115 kr
Total tax
- 3 122 kr
Net pay
* 8 878 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.9%
Average tax rate
26.0%
74.0%
Net pay
26.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
8 878 kr
Net pay
3 770 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 122 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
6 893 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 770 kr to pay you 12 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26% tax rate now rises to 43.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 144 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 37 468 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106 532 kr per year, or 8 878 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 26.0% and your marginal tax rate is 36.9%. 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 36.94 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.06 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 631 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 153 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 110 506
23.3%
1
Skåne
SEK 108 363
24.7%
2
Halland
SEK 107 526
25.3%
3
Södermanland
SEK 107 149
25.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 107 149
25.6%
5
Örebro
SEK 107 098
25.6%
6
Värmland
SEK 107 036
25.7%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 106 930
25.7%
8
Västmanland
SEK 106 674
25.9%
9
Jönköping
SEK 106 556
26.0%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 106 532
26.0%
11
Östergötland
SEK 106 585
26.0%
12
Dalarna
SEK 106 338
26.2%
13
Gotland
SEK 106 338
26.2%
14
Kalmar
SEK 106 261
26.2%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 106 158
26.3%
16
Jämtland
SEK 105 668
26.6%
17
Blekinge
SEK 105 503
26.7%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 105 371
26.8%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 105 229
26.9%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 104 999
27.1%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
SEK 144 000
0.0%
1
Ireland
SEK 144 000
0.0%
2
Spain
SEK 134 856
6.4%
3
Switzerland
SEK 133 912
7.0%
4
France
SEK 128 788
10.6%
5
Norway
SEK 127 992
11.1%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 126 036
12.5%
7
Russia
SEK 125 280
13.0%
8
Italy
SEK 124 978
13.2%
9
Austria
SEK 122 433
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 120 620
16.2%
11
Hungary
SEK 117 360
18.5%
12
Ukraine
SEK 115 920
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 115 668
19.7%
14
Greece
SEK 111 497
22.6%
15
Sweden
SEK 110 506
23.3%
16
Poland
SEK 105 487
26.8%
17
Portugal
SEK 100 939
29.9%
18
Finland
SEK 99 720
30.8%
19
Belgium
SEK 97 920
32.0%
20
Denmark
SEK 96 223
33.2%
21
Netherlands
SEK 90 617
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 84 240
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 129 067
10.4%
1
Canada
SEK 109 495
24.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 141 214
1.9%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 136 800
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 134 104
6.9%
3
Taiwan
SEK 131 255
8.9%
4
Pakistan
SEK 127 135
11.7%
5
South Korea
SEK 126 060
12.5%
6
Malaysia
SEK 123 755
14.1%
7
New Zealand
SEK 123 142
14.5%
8
Indonesia
SEK 122 791
14.7%
9
Philippines
SEK 118 735
17.6%
10
Japan
SEK 117 012
18.7%
11
Singapore
SEK 115 210
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 114 055
20.8%
13
Vietnam
SEK 111 606
22.5%
14
India
SEK 106 944
25.7%
15
China
SEK 102 065
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 132 135
8.2%
1
Guatemala
SEK 130 193
9.6%
2
Ecuador
SEK 130 028
9.7%
3
Colombia
SEK 129 981
9.7%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 128 880
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 126 872
11.9%
6
Mexico
SEK 118 673
17.6%
7
Chile
SEK 118 141
18.0%
8
Uruguay
SEK 114 776
20.3%
9
Peru
SEK 112 344
22.0%
10
Brazil
SEK 112 211
22.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 93 524
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 126 072
12.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 109 670
23.8%
2
Morocco
SEK 109 404
24.0%
3
Angola
SEK 106 640
25.9%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 106 542
26.0%
5
Kenya
SEK 106 303
26.2%
6
Ghana
SEK 104 914
27.1%
7
Cameroon
SEK 101 448
29.6%
8
Nigeria
SEK 99 299
31.0%
9
Uganda
SEK 96 793
32.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 96 305
33.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 91 731
36.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 136 800
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 136 800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 132 480
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 132 480
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 129 600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 128 160
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 125 064
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 111 001
22.9%
8
Lebanon
SEK 110 055
23.6%
9
Turkey
SEK 79 627
44.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kronoberg 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.