Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 959 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 779 kr
Other tax
- 155 kr
Total tax
- 5 934 kr
Net pay
* 13 025 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.6%
Average tax rate
31.3%
68.7%
Net pay
31.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 025 kr
Net pay
5 957 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 934 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 891 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 957 kr to pay you 18 959 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.27 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 47.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 227 508 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 71 212 kr. That means that your net pay will be 156 296 kr per year, or 13 025 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.3% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 166 471
26.8%
1
Skåne
SEK 162 504
28.6%
2
Halland
SEK 160 954
29.3%
3
Södermanland
SEK 160 258
29.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 160 258
29.6%
5
Värmland
SEK 160 060
29.6%
6
Örebro
SEK 160 159
29.6%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 159 857
29.7%
8
Västmanland
SEK 159 384
29.9%
9
Jönköping
SEK 159 162
30.0%
10
Östergötland
SEK 159 217
30.0%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 159 126
30.1%
12
Dalarna
SEK 158 768
30.2%
13
Gotland
SEK 158 768
30.2%
14
Kalmar
SEK 158 621
30.3%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 158 422
30.4%
16
Jämtland
SEK 157 532
30.8%
17
Blekinge
SEK 157 230
30.9%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 156 971
31.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 156 713
31.1%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 156 296
31.3%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 214 345
5.8%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 210 223
7.6%
2
Switzerland
SEK 209 089
8.1%
3
Russia
SEK 197 932
13.0%
4
France
SEK 195 929
13.9%
5
Norway
SEK 194 146
14.7%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 190 147
16.4%
7
Austria
SEK 189 463
16.7%
8
Spain
SEK 186 875
17.9%
9
Hungary
SEK 185 419
18.5%
10
Ukraine
SEK 183 144
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 182 416
19.8%
12
Italy
SEK 173 649
23.7%
13
Germany
SEK 171 781
24.5%
14
Greece
SEK 167 436
26.4%
15
Sweden
SEK 166 471
26.8%
16
Poland
SEK 158 811
30.2%
17
Finland
SEK 152 546
33.0%
18
Denmark
SEK 152 406
33.0%
19
Portugal
SEK 151 462
33.4%
20
Belgium
SEK 144 643
36.4%
21
Netherlands
SEK 143 168
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 133 092
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 193 535
14.9%
1
Canada
SEK 169 061
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 215 504
5.3%
1
Thailand
SEK 205 640
9.6%
2
Taiwan
SEK 205 579
9.6%
3
Australia
SEK 204 360
10.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 193 771
14.8%
5
New Zealand
SEK 190 875
16.1%
6
Pakistan
SEK 189 660
16.6%
7
Indonesia
SEK 186 808
17.9%
8
Malaysia
SEK 185 506
18.5%
9
Japan
SEK 181 956
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 181 438
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 180 736
20.6%
12
Philippines
SEK 177 089
22.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 169 461
25.5%
14
China
SEK 160 312
29.5%
15
India
SEK 154 377
32.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 205 693
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 203 484
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 203 409
10.6%
3
Ecuador
SEK 199 157
12.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 194 875
14.3%
5
Panama
SEK 190 046
16.5%
6
Chile
SEK 184 199
19.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 180 835
20.5%
8
Peru
SEK 175 184
23.0%
9
Brazil
SEK 171 044
24.8%
10
Uruguay
SEK 167 422
26.4%
11
Argentina
SEK 147 805
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 187 044
17.8%
1
Mozambique
SEK 169 796
25.4%
2
Angola
SEK 167 394
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 164 758
27.6%
4
Morocco
SEK 162 403
28.6%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 161 510
29.0%
6
Ghana
SEK 161 329
29.1%
7
Nigeria
SEK 156 101
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 151 903
33.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 151 073
33.6%
10
Senegal
SEK 148 565
34.7%
11
Zambia
SEK 143 089
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 216 133
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 216 133
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 209 307
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 209 307
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 204 757
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 202 482
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 196 894
13.5%
7
Egypt
SEK 173 632
23.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 172 686
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 132 030
42.0%
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.