Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 713 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 188 kr
Other tax
- 160 kr
Total tax
- 6 348 kr
Net pay
* 14 365 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.1%
Average tax rate
30.6%
69.4%
Net pay
30.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 365 kr
Net pay
6 508 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 348 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 856 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 508 kr to pay you 20 713 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.6% tax rate now rises to 47.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 248 556 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 76 179 kr. That means that your net pay will be 172 377 kr per year, or 14 365 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.7% and your marginal tax rate is 37.1%. 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 37.06 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.94 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 629 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 147 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 180 575
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 176 149
29.1%
2
Halland
SEK 174 420
29.8%
3
Södermanland
SEK 173 643
30.1%
4
Uppsala
SEK 173 643
30.1%
5
Värmland
SEK 173 418
30.2%
6
Örebro
SEK 173 529
30.2%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 173 193
30.3%
8
Västmanland
SEK 172 665
30.5%
9
Jönköping
SEK 172 416
30.6%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 172 377
30.6%
11
Östergötland
SEK 172 479
30.6%
12
Dalarna
SEK 171 978
30.8%
13
Gotland
SEK 171 978
30.8%
14
Kalmar
SEK 171 816
30.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 171 591
31.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 170 597
31.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 170 261
31.5%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 169 973
31.6%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 169 685
31.7%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 169 220
31.9%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 227 791
8.4%
1
Switzerland
SEK 227 291
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 224 272
9.8%
3
Russia
SEK 216 244
13.0%
4
France
SEK 212 851
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 209 339
15.8%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 205 335
17.4%
7
Austria
SEK 204 116
17.9%
8
Hungary
SEK 202 573
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 201 605
18.9%
10
Ukraine
SEK 200 088
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 197 992
20.3%
12
Italy
SEK 185 619
25.3%
13
Germany
SEK 183 695
26.1%
14
Greece
SEK 181 231
27.1%
15
Sweden
SEK 180 575
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 172 251
30.7%
17
Denmark
SEK 166 567
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 165 625
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 163 148
34.4%
20
Netherlands
SEK 156 415
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 153 869
38.1%
22
Romania
SEK 145 405
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 209 411
15.8%
1
Canada
SEK 184 663
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 235 082
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 223 775
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 223 000
10.3%
3
Australia
SEK 220 988
11.1%
4
South Korea
SEK 210 229
15.4%
5
New Zealand
SEK 207 947
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 204 629
17.7%
7
Indonesia
SEK 202 120
18.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 199 942
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 198 487
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 198 139
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 197 062
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 191 297
23.0%
13
Vietnam
SEK 183 590
26.1%
14
China
SEK 174 993
29.6%
15
India
SEK 166 332
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 224 723
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 222 112
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 221 373
10.9%
3
Ecuador
SEK 215 799
13.2%
4
Colombia
SEK 210 342
15.4%
5
Panama
SEK 205 968
17.1%
6
Chile
SEK 200 849
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 196 348
21.0%
8
Peru
SEK 191 022
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 186 303
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 181 717
26.9%
11
Argentina
SEK 161 486
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 201 654
18.9%
1
Mozambique
SEK 184 910
25.6%
2
Angola
SEK 182 706
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 179 492
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 175 365
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 175 253
29.5%
6
Morocco
SEK 175 164
29.5%
7
Nigeria
SEK 170 418
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 164 754
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 164 718
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 161 406
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 156 033
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 236 128
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 236 128
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 228 672
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 228 671
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 223 700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 221 215
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 213 086
14.3%
7
Egypt
SEK 189 418
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 188 472
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 145 341
41.5%
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.