Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 191 kr
Other tax
- 152 kr
Total tax
- 5 343 kr
Net pay
* 12 657 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.0%
Average tax rate
29.7%
70.3%
Net pay
29.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 657 kr
Net pay
5 656 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 343 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 999 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 656 kr to pay you 18 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.7% tax rate now rises to 46.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 216 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 64 121 kr. That means that your net pay will be 151 879 kr per year, or 12 657 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.0%. 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 37.03 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.97 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 630 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 149 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 158 761
26.5%
1
Skåne
SEK 155 042
28.2%
2
Halland
SEK 153 589
28.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 152 938
29.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 152 938
29.2%
5
Örebro
SEK 152 847
29.2%
6
Värmland
SEK 152 756
29.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 152 566
29.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 152 121
29.6%
9
Östergötland
SEK 151 966
29.6%
10
Jönköping
SEK 151 915
29.7%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 151 879
29.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 151 546
29.8%
13
Gotland
SEK 151 546
29.8%
14
Kalmar
SEK 151 406
29.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 151 224
30.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 150 386
30.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 150 105
30.5%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 149 863
30.6%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 149 621
30.7%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 149 227
30.9%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 207 920
3.7%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 202 541
6.2%
2
Switzerland
SEK 198 924
7.9%
3
Russia
SEK 187 920
13.0%
4
France
SEK 186 676
13.6%
5
Norway
SEK 185 155
14.3%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 181 526
16.0%
7
Austria
SEK 181 410
16.0%
8
Spain
SEK 178 684
17.3%
9
Hungary
SEK 176 040
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 173 900
19.5%
11
Ukraine
SEK 173 880
19.5%
12
Italy
SEK 167 104
22.6%
13
Germany
SEK 165 177
23.5%
14
Greece
SEK 159 727
26.1%
15
Sweden
SEK 158 761
26.5%
16
Poland
SEK 151 462
29.9%
17
Finland
SEK 145 146
32.8%
18
Denmark
SEK 144 664
33.0%
19
Portugal
SEK 144 499
33.1%
20
Belgium
SEK 138 544
35.9%
21
Netherlands
SEK 135 922
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 126 360
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 184 834
14.4%
1
Canada
SEK 160 530
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 204 790
5.2%
1
Thailand
SEK 196 065
9.2%
2
Taiwan
SEK 195 603
9.4%
3
Australia
SEK 195 269
9.6%
4
South Korea
SEK 184 773
14.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 181 541
16.0%
6
Pakistan
SEK 181 249
16.1%
7
Indonesia
SEK 178 435
17.4%
8
Malaysia
SEK 177 514
17.8%
9
Japan
SEK 173 108
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 172 117
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 171 778
20.5%
12
Philippines
SEK 169 322
21.6%
13
Vietnam
SEK 161 736
25.1%
14
China
SEK 152 285
29.5%
15
India
SEK 147 840
31.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 195 289
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 193 587
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 193 299
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 190 019
12.0%
4
Colombia
SEK 186 315
13.7%
5
Panama
SEK 181 340
16.1%
6
Chile
SEK 175 096
18.9%
7
Mexico
SEK 172 353
20.2%
8
Peru
SEK 166 524
22.9%
9
Brazil
SEK 162 700
24.7%
10
Uruguay
SEK 159 606
26.1%
11
Argentina
SEK 140 324
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 179 043
17.1%
1
Mozambique
SEK 161 510
25.2%
2
Angola
SEK 159 022
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 156 703
27.5%
4
Morocco
SEK 155 243
28.1%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 153 935
28.7%
6
Ghana
SEK 153 717
28.8%
7
Nigeria
SEK 148 273
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 144 897
32.9%
9
Uganda
SEK 143 593
33.5%
10
Senegal
SEK 141 431
34.5%
11
Zambia
SEK 136 011
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 205 200
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 205 200
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 198 720
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 198 720
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 194 400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 192 240
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 187 591
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 165 001
23.6%
8
Lebanon
SEK 164 055
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 124 752
42.2%
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.