Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 559 kr
Other tax
- 155 kr
Total tax
- 5 714 kr
Net pay
* 13 286 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.0%
Average tax rate
30.1%
69.9%
Net pay
30.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 286 kr
Net pay
5 970 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 714 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 684 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 970 kr to pay you 19 000 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 228 000 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 68 565 kr. That means that your net pay will be 159 435 kr per year, or 13 286 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.1% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 193 906
15.0%
1
Canada
SEK 169 425
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 206 138
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 203 920
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 203 829
10.6%
3
Ecuador
SEK 199 546
12.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 195 236
14.4%
5
Panama
SEK 190 418
16.5%
6
Chile
SEK 184 588
19.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 181 197
20.5%
8
Peru
SEK 175 554
23.0%
9
Brazil
SEK 171 400
24.8%
10
Uruguay
SEK 167 756
26.4%
11
Argentina
SEK 148 124
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 187 386
17.8%
1
Mozambique
SEK 170 150
25.4%
2
Angola
SEK 167 752
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 165 103
27.6%
4
Morocco
SEK 162 707
28.6%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 161 834
29.0%
6
Ghana
SEK 161 655
29.1%
7
Nigeria
SEK 156 435
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 152 203
33.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 151 393
33.6%
10
Senegal
SEK 148 865
34.7%
11
Zambia
SEK 143 391
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 216 600
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 216 600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 209 760
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 209 760
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 205 200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 202 920
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 197 272
13.5%
7
Egypt
SEK 174 001
23.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 173 055
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 132 341
42.0%
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.