Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 125 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 226 kr
Other tax
- 158 kr
Total tax
- 6 384 kr
Net pay
* 13 741 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
13 741 kr
Net pay
6 323 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 384 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 708 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 323 kr to pay you 20 125 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 241 500 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 76 611 kr. That means that your net pay will be 164 889 kr per year, or 13 741 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 204 089
15.5%
1
Canada
SEK 179 433
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 218 344
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 215 868
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 215 351
10.8%
3
Ecuador
SEK 210 220
13.0%
4
Colombia
SEK 205 157
15.1%
5
Panama
SEK 200 630
16.9%
6
Chile
SEK 195 267
19.1%
7
Mexico
SEK 191 148
20.9%
8
Peru
SEK 185 713
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 181 188
25.0%
10
Uruguay
SEK 176 924
26.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 156 899
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.