Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 958 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 278 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 439 kr
Net pay
* 14 519 kr
Marginal tax rate
37.1%
Average tax rate
30.7%
69.3%
Net pay
30.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 519 kr
Net pay
6 585 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 439 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 024 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 585 kr to pay you 20 958 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
47.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.7% tax rate now rises to 47.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 251 496 kr a year living in the region of Kronoberg, Sweden, you will be taxed 77 269 kr. That means that your net pay will be 174 227 kr per year, or 14 519 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 37.07 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 62.93 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 182 546
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 178 054
29.2%
2
Halland
SEK 176 301
29.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 175 512
30.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 175 512
30.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 175 284
30.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 175 396
30.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 175 056
30.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 174 519
30.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 174 267
30.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 174 227
30.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 174 331
30.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 173 823
30.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 173 823
30.9%
14
Kalmar
SEK 173 659
30.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 173 431
31.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 172 422
31.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 172 082
31.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 171 789
31.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 171 497
31.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 171 025
32.0%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 229 712
8.7%
1
Switzerland
SEK 229 633
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 235
10.0%
3
Russia
SEK 218 802
13.0%
4
France
SEK 215 215
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 211 335
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 207 441
17.5%
7
Austria
SEK 206 163
18.0%
8
Hungary
SEK 204 969
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 203 655
19.0%
10
Ukraine
SEK 202 454
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 167
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 291
25.5%
13
Germany
SEK 185 358
26.3%
14
Greece
SEK 183 148
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 182 546
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 128
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 168 545
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 167 450
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 164 747
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 264
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 098
38.3%
22
Romania
SEK 147 125
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 211 628
15.9%
1
Canada
SEK 186 843
25.7%
2
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.