Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 322 kr
Other tax
- 120 kr
Total tax
- 3 442 kr
Net pay
* 9 058 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.4%
Average tax rate
27.5%
72.5%
Net pay
27.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 058 kr
Net pay
3 928 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 442 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 370 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 3 928 kr to pay you 12 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.90 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.5% tax rate now rises to 44.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 150 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 41 308 kr. That means that your net pay will be 108 692 kr per year, or 9 058 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.5% and your marginal tax rate is 38.4%. 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 38.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.56 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 616 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 078 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 114 529
23.6%
1
Skåne
SEK 112 256
25.2%
2
Halland
SEK 111 369
25.8%
3
Södermanland
SEK 110 968
26.0%
4
Uppsala
SEK 110 968
26.0%
5
Värmland
SEK 110 851
26.1%
6
Örebro
SEK 110 915
26.1%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 110 737
26.2%
8
Jönköping
SEK 110 340
26.4%
9
Västmanland
SEK 110 466
26.4%
10
Östergötland
SEK 110 373
26.4%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 110 316
26.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 110 109
26.6%
13
Gotland
SEK 110 109
26.6%
14
Kalmar
SEK 110 028
26.6%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 109 919
26.7%
16
Jämtland
SEK 109 401
27.1%
17
Blekinge
SEK 109 227
27.2%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 109 085
27.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 108 935
27.4%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 108 692
27.5%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 133 737
10.8%
1
Canada
SEK 113 943
24.0%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Norrbotten 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.