Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19 999 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 178 kr
Other tax
- 158 kr
Total tax
- 6 336 kr
Net pay
* 13 663 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.6%
Average tax rate
31.7%
68.3%
Net pay
31.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 663 kr
Net pay
6 284 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 336 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 619 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 284 kr to pay you 19 999 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 239 988 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 76 027 kr. That means that your net pay will be 163 961 kr per year, or 13 663 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.7% 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 38.61 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.39 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 3 070 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 202 948
15.4%
1
Canada
SEK 178 312
25.7%
2
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.