Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 882 kr
Other tax
- 137 kr
Total tax
- 4 019 kr
Net pay
* 9 981 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.5%
Average tax rate
28.7%
71.3%
Net pay
28.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 981 kr
Net pay
4 399 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 019 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 418 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 399 kr to pay you 14 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.7% tax rate now rises to 45.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 168 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 48 228 kr. That means that your net pay will be 119 772 kr per year, or 9 981 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 28.7% and your marginal tax rate is 38.5%. 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 38.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.55 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 147 746
12.1%
1
Canada
SEK 126 563
24.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
SEK 159 804
4.9%
1
Hong Kong
SEK 159 583
5.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 155 002
7.7%
3
Taiwan
SEK 153 144
8.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 146 319
12.9%
5
Pakistan
SEK 145 249
13.5%
6
New Zealand
SEK 142 608
15.1%
7
Malaysia
SEK 142 417
15.2%
8
Indonesia
SEK 142 055
15.4%
9
Philippines
SEK 136 040
19.0%
10
Japan
SEK 136 046
19.0%
11
Singapore
SEK 134 330
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 133 319
20.6%
13
Vietnam
SEK 128 790
23.3%
14
India
SEK 120 576
28.2%
15
China
SEK 118 805
29.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 143 832
14.4%
1
Mozambique
SEK 126 950
24.4%
2
Morocco
SEK 124 886
25.7%
3
Angola
SEK 124 102
26.1%
4
Kenya
SEK 123 103
26.7%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 122 340
27.2%
6
Ghana
SEK 121 817
27.5%
7
Cameroon
SEK 115 798
31.1%
8
Nigeria
SEK 115 623
31.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 112 393
33.1%
10
Senegal
SEK 111 425
33.7%
11
Zambia
SEK 106 491
36.6%
12
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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.