Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17 375 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 173 kr
Other tax
- 151 kr
Total tax
- 5 323 kr
Net pay
* 12 052 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.6%
Average tax rate
30.6%
69.4%
Net pay
30.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 052 kr
Net pay
5 459 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 323 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 782 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 459 kr to pay you 17 375 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
47.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.6% tax rate now rises to 47.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 208 500 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 63 879 kr. That means that your net pay will be 144 621 kr per year, or 12 052 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.6% and your marginal tax rate is 38.6%. 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 38.58 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.42 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 614 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 071 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 203 960
2.2%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 197 535
5.3%
2
Switzerland
SEK 192 248
7.8%
3
Russia
SEK 181 395
13.0%
4
France
SEK 180 646
13.4%
5
Norway
SEK 179 295
14.0%
6
Austria
SEK 176 126
15.5%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 175 867
15.7%
8
Spain
SEK 173 346
16.9%
9
Hungary
SEK 169 927
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 168 350
19.3%
11
Ukraine
SEK 167 843
19.5%
12
Italy
SEK 162 839
21.9%
13
Germany
SEK 160 780
22.9%
14
Greece
SEK 154 703
25.8%
15
Sweden
SEK 153 736
26.3%
16
Poland
SEK 146 673
29.7%
17
Finland
SEK 140 041
32.8%
18
Portugal
SEK 139 962
32.9%
19
Denmark
SEK 139 618
33.0%
20
Belgium
SEK 134 569
35.5%
21
Netherlands
SEK 131 204
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 121 972
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 179 085
14.1%
1
Canada
SEK 154 970
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 197 807
5.1%
1
Thailand
SEK 189 690
9.0%
2
Australia
SEK 189 677
9.0%
3
Taiwan
SEK 189 086
9.3%
4
South Korea
SEK 178 909
14.2%
5
Pakistan
SEK 175 624
15.8%
6
New Zealand
SEK 175 458
15.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 172 979
17.0%
8
Malaysia
SEK 172 306
17.4%
9
Japan
SEK 167 341
19.7%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 166 042
20.4%
11
Singapore
SEK 165 940
20.4%
12
Philippines
SEK 164 259
21.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 156 702
24.8%
14
China
SEK 147 054
29.5%
15
India
SEK 143 580
31.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 188 508
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 187 185
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 186 608
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 183 919
11.8%
4
Colombia
SEK 180 560
13.4%
5
Panama
SEK 175 666
15.8%
6
Chile
SEK 169 163
18.9%
7
Mexico
SEK 166 825
20.0%
8
Peru
SEK 160 880
22.8%
9
Brazil
SEK 157 263
24.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 155 254
25.5%
11
Argentina
SEK 135 449
35.0%
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.