Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 4 454 kr
Other tax
- 145 kr
Total tax
- 4 598 kr
Net pay
* 10 902 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.7%
Average tax rate
29.7%
70.3%
Net pay
29.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10 902 kr
Net pay
4 870 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 598 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
9 468 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 870 kr to pay you 15 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.7% tax rate now rises to 46.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 186 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 55 180 kr. That means that your net pay will be 130 820 kr per year, or 10 902 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.7% and your marginal tax rate is 38.7%. 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 38.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.32 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 613 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 066 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 138 660
25.5%
1
Skåne
SEK 135 600
27.1%
2
Halland
SEK 134 409
27.7%
3
Södermanland
SEK 133 868
28.0%
4
Uppsala
SEK 133 868
28.0%
5
Värmland
SEK 133 721
28.1%
6
Örebro
SEK 133 798
28.1%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 133 562
28.2%
8
Västmanland
SEK 133 198
28.4%
9
Jönköping
SEK 133 028
28.5%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 132 999
28.5%
11
Östergötland
SEK 133 076
28.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 132 722
28.6%
13
Gotland
SEK 132 722
28.6%
14
Kalmar
SEK 132 611
28.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 132 464
28.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 131 771
29.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 131 542
29.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 131 343
29.4%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 131 143
29.5%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 130 820
29.7%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 184 362
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 182 516
1.9%
2
Switzerland
SEK 172 257
7.4%
3
Spain
SEK 163 497
12.1%
4
France
SEK 162 556
12.6%
5
Russia
SEK 161 820
13.0%
6
Norway
SEK 161 508
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 158 707
14.7%
8
Austria
SEK 157 204
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 151 700
18.4%
10
Hungary
SEK 151 590
18.5%
11
Italy
SEK 150 043
19.3%
12
Ukraine
SEK 149 730
19.5%
13
Germany
SEK 146 919
21.0%
14
Greece
SEK 139 631
24.9%
15
Sweden
SEK 138 660
25.5%
16
Poland
SEK 132 306
28.9%
17
Portugal
SEK 126 349
32.1%
18
Finland
SEK 124 725
32.9%
19
Denmark
SEK 124 480
33.1%
20
Belgium
SEK 122 644
34.1%
21
Netherlands
SEK 117 052
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 108 810
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 161 695
13.1%
1
Canada
SEK 138 826
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 176 580
5.1%
1
Australia
SEK 173 356
6.8%
2
Thailand
SEK 170 565
8.3%
3
Taiwan
SEK 169 535
8.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 161 316
13.3%
5
Pakistan
SEK 158 749
14.7%
6
New Zealand
SEK 157 208
15.5%
7
Indonesia
SEK 156 214
16.0%
8
Malaysia
SEK 156 147
16.1%
9
Japan
SEK 150 042
19.3%
10
Philippines
SEK 148 655
20.1%
11
Singapore
SEK 148 384
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 147 817
20.5%
13
Vietnam
SEK 141 395
24.0%
14
China
SEK 131 360
29.4%
15
India
SEK 130 800
29.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 168 165
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 167 982
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 166 470
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 165 586
11.0%
4
Colombia
SEK 163 293
12.2%
5
Panama
SEK 158 645
14.7%
6
Chile
SEK 151 365
18.6%
7
Mexico
SEK 150 241
19.2%
8
Peru
SEK 143 949
22.6%
9
Uruguay
SEK 142 718
23.3%
10
Brazil
SEK 140 950
24.2%
11
Argentina
SEK 120 824
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 157 152
15.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 139 910
24.8%
2
Angola
SEK 137 197
26.2%
3
Morocco
SEK 136 498
26.6%
4
Kenya
SEK 135 703
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 134 188
27.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 133 872
28.0%
7
Nigeria
SEK 127 867
31.3%
8
Cameroon
SEK 126 635
31.9%
9
Uganda
SEK 124 093
33.3%
10
Senegal
SEK 122 765
34.0%
11
Zambia
SEK 117 561
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 176 700
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 176 700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 171 120
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 171 120
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 167 400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 165 540
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 161 541
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 142 501
23.4%
8
Lebanon
SEK 141 555
23.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 105 780
43.1%
10
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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.