Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
165 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 57 082 kr
Income Tax
- 24 590 kr
Other tax
- 538 kr
Total tax
- 82 209 kr
Net pay
* 82 791 kr
Marginal tax rate
55.1%
Average tax rate
49.8%
50.2%
Net pay
49.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
82 791 kr
Net pay
51 843 kr
Tax the employer pays
82 209 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
134 052 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 51 843 kr to pay you 165 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
61.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 49.8% tax rate now rises to 61.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1 980 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 986 513 kr. That means that your net pay will be 993 487 kr per year, or 82 791 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 49.8% and your marginal tax rate is 55.1%. 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 55.10 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 44.90 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 449 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2 245 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 1 093 954
44.7%
1
Skåne
SEK 1 054 831
46.7%
2
Halland
SEK 1 039 494
47.5%
3
Södermanland
SEK 1 032 611
47.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 1 032 611
47.8%
5
Värmland
SEK 1 030 640
47.9%
6
Örebro
SEK 1 031 630
47.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 1 028 679
48.0%
8
Västmanland
SEK 1 023 962
48.3%
9
Jönköping
SEK 1 021 795
48.4%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 1 021 404
48.4%
11
Östergötland
SEK 1 022 383
48.4%
12
Dalarna
SEK 1 017 863
48.6%
13
Gotland
SEK 1 017 863
48.6%
14
Kalmar
SEK 1 016 491
48.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 1 014 519
48.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 1 005 674
49.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 1 002 723
49.4%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 1 000 174
49.5%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 997 615
49.6%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 993 487
49.8%
21
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 1 760 898
11.1%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 1 452 230
26.7%
2
Brazil
SEK 1 441 600
27.2%
3
Colombia
SEK 1 439 749
27.3%
4
Uruguay
SEK 1 436 046
27.5%
5
Chile
SEK 1 427 130
27.9%
6
Panama
SEK 1 393 936
29.6%
7
Puerto Rico
SEK 1 340 114
32.3%
8
Mexico
SEK 1 337 045
32.5%
9
Peru
SEK 1 298 404
34.4%
10
Argentina
SEK 1 286 924
35.0%
11
Ecuador
SEK 1 277 787
35.5%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
SEK 1 442 332
27.2%
1
Kenya
SEK 1 391 503
29.7%
2
Nigeria
SEK 1 348 146
31.9%
3
Ivory Coast
SEK 1 338 060
32.4%
4
Ghana
SEK 1 320 603
33.3%
5
Mozambique
SEK 1 311 019
33.8%
6
Morocco
SEK 1 224 398
38.2%
7
Zambia
SEK 1 220 871
38.3%
8
Cameroon
SEK 1 218 908
38.4%
9
Senegal
SEK 1 200 423
39.4%
10
South Africa
SEK 1 197 061
39.5%
11
Uganda
SEK 1 127 803
43.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 1 881 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 1 881 000
5.0%
2
Kuwait
SEK 1 864 723
5.8%
3
Bahrain
SEK 1 863 171
5.9%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 1 823 531
7.9%
5
Oman
SEK 1 821 600
8.0%
6
Egypt
SEK 1 488 001
24.9%
7
Lebanon
SEK 1 487 055
24.9%
8
Israel
SEK 1 245 687
37.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 1 155 253
41.7%
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.