Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 560 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 627 kr
Other tax
- 154 kr
Total tax
- 5 780 kr
Net pay
* 12 780 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.6%
Average tax rate
31.1%
68.9%
Net pay
31.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12 780 kr
Net pay
5 832 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 780 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 612 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 832 kr to pay you 18 560 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.26 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.1% tax rate now rises to 47.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222 720 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 69 365 kr. That means that your net pay will be 153 355 kr per year, or 12 780 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.1% 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.
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 211 601
5.0%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 207 027
7.1%
2
Switzerland
SEK 204 895
8.0%
3
Russia
SEK 193 766
13.0%
4
France
SEK 192 079
13.8%
5
Norway
SEK 190 405
14.5%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 186 573
16.2%
7
Austria
SEK 186 124
16.4%
8
Spain
SEK 183 467
17.6%
9
Hungary
SEK 181 517
18.5%
10
Ukraine
SEK 179 290
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 178 873
19.7%
12
Italy
SEK 170 926
23.3%
13
Germany
SEK 169 062
24.1%
14
Greece
SEK 164 228
26.3%
15
Sweden
SEK 163 263
26.7%
16
Poland
SEK 155 753
30.1%
17
Finland
SEK 149 554
32.9%
18
Denmark
SEK 149 185
33.0%
19
Portugal
SEK 148 565
33.3%
20
Belgium
SEK 142 105
36.2%
21
Netherlands
SEK 140 152
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 130 291
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 189 924
14.7%
1
Canada
SEK 165 511
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 211 046
5.2%
1
Thailand
SEK 201 691
9.4%
2
Taiwan
SEK 201 440
9.6%
3
Australia
SEK 200 578
9.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 190 028
14.7%
5
New Zealand
SEK 186 991
16.0%
6
Pakistan
SEK 186 221
16.4%
7
Indonesia
SEK 183 324
17.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 182 181
18.2%
9
Japan
SEK 178 275
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 177 560
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 177 009
20.5%
12
Philippines
SEK 173 858
21.9%
13
Vietnam
SEK 166 247
25.4%
14
China
SEK 156 972
29.5%
15
India
SEK 151 657
31.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 201 364
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 199 322
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 199 247
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 195 371
12.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 191 356
14.1%
5
Panama
SEK 186 423
16.3%
6
Chile
SEK 180 412
19.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 177 306
20.4%
8
Peru
SEK 171 581
23.0%
9
Brazil
SEK 167 572
24.8%
10
Uruguay
SEK 164 170
26.3%
11
Argentina
SEK 144 692
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 183 715
17.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 166 348
25.3%
2
Angola
SEK 163 911
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 161 407
27.5%
4
Morocco
SEK 159 424
28.4%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 158 358
28.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 158 162
29.0%
7
Nigeria
SEK 152 844
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 148 988
33.1%
9
Uganda
SEK 147 961
33.6%
10
Senegal
SEK 145 607
34.6%
11
Zambia
SEK 140 144
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 211 584
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 211 584
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 204 903
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 204 902
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 200 448
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 198 221
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 193 210
13.3%
7
Egypt
SEK 170 041
23.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 169 095
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 129 002
42.1%
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.