Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 178 kr
Other tax
- 158 kr
Total tax
- 6 336 kr
Net pay
* 13 664 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
13 664 kr
Net pay
6 284 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 336 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 620 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 284 kr to pay you 20 000 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 240 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 76 032 kr. That means that your net pay will be 163 968 kr per year, or 13 664 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 38.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 61.38 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 3 069 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 222 200
7.4%
1
Switzerland
SEK 219 993
8.3%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 218 561
8.9%
3
Russia
SEK 208 800
13.0%
4
France
SEK 205 972
14.2%
5
Norway
SEK 203 530
15.2%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 199 208
17.0%
7
Austria
SEK 198 162
17.4%
8
Spain
SEK 195 640
18.5%
9
Hungary
SEK 195 600
18.5%
10
Ukraine
SEK 193 200
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 191 660
20.1%
12
Italy
SEK 180 753
24.7%
13
Germany
SEK 178 855
25.5%
14
Greece
SEK 175 651
26.8%
15
Sweden
SEK 174 840
27.2%
16
Poland
SEK 166 787
30.5%
17
Denmark
SEK 160 811
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 160 314
33.2%
19
Portugal
SEK 158 492
34.0%
20
Netherlands
SEK 151 031
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 150 292
37.4%
22
Romania
SEK 140 400
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 202 957
15.4%
1
Canada
SEK 178 321
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 227 134
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 216 379
9.8%
2
Thailand
SEK 215 943
10.0%
3
Australia
SEK 214 229
10.7%
4
South Korea
SEK 203 539
15.2%
5
New Zealand
SEK 201 007
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 198 634
17.2%
7
Indonesia
SEK 195 895
18.4%
8
Malaysia
SEK 194 100
19.1%
9
Japan
SEK 191 561
20.2%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 191 557
20.2%
11
Singapore
SEK 190 460
20.6%
12
Philippines
SEK 185 522
22.7%
13
Vietnam
SEK 177 846
25.9%
14
China
SEK 169 025
29.6%
15
India
SEK 161 472
32.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 216 988
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 214 540
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 214 071
10.8%
3
Ecuador
SEK 209 034
12.9%
4
Colombia
SEK 204 055
15.0%
5
Panama
SEK 199 496
16.9%
6
Chile
SEK 194 081
19.1%
7
Mexico
SEK 190 042
20.8%
8
Peru
SEK 184 584
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 180 100
25.0%
10
Uruguay
SEK 175 906
26.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 155 924
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 195 729
18.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 178 790
25.5%
2
Angola
SEK 176 482
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 173 503
27.7%
4
Morocco
SEK 169 979
29.2%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 169 733
29.3%
6
Ghana
SEK 169 593
29.3%
7
Nigeria
SEK 164 598
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 159 509
33.5%
9
Uganda
SEK 159 193
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 156 186
34.9%
11
Zambia
SEK 150 771
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 228 000
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 228 000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 220 800
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 220 800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 216 000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 213 600
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 206 504
14.0%
7
Egypt
SEK 183 001
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 182 055
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 139 930
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.