Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 208 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 258 kr
Other tax
- 159 kr
Total tax
- 6 416 kr
Net pay
* 13 792 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.6%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 792 kr
Net pay
6 349 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 416 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 766 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 349 kr to pay you 20 208 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 48.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 242 496 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 76 996 kr. That means that your net pay will be 165 500 kr per year, or 13 792 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 176 513
27.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 172 222
29.0%
2
Halland
SEK 170 544
29.7%
3
Södermanland
SEK 169 791
30.0%
4
Uppsala
SEK 169 791
30.0%
5
Örebro
SEK 169 681
30.0%
6
Värmland
SEK 169 572
30.1%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 169 353
30.2%
8
Västmanland
SEK 168 842
30.4%
9
Östergötland
SEK 168 661
30.4%
10
Jönköping
SEK 168 600
30.5%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 168 563
30.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 168 175
30.6%
13
Gotland
SEK 168 175
30.6%
14
Kalmar
SEK 168 017
30.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 167 798
30.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 166 837
31.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 166 509
31.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 166 230
31.5%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 165 950
31.6%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 165 500
31.8%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 223 831
7.7%
1
Switzerland
SEK 222 162
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 220 227
9.2%
3
Russia
SEK 210 972
13.0%
4
France
SEK 207 979
14.2%
5
Norway
SEK 205 225
15.4%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 200 996
17.1%
7
Austria
SEK 199 899
17.6%
8
Hungary
SEK 197 634
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 197 380
18.6%
10
Ukraine
SEK 195 209
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 193 507
20.2%
12
Italy
SEK 182 173
24.9%
13
Germany
SEK 180 267
25.7%
14
Greece
SEK 177 278
26.9%
15
Sweden
SEK 176 513
27.2%
16
Poland
SEK 168 381
30.6%
17
Denmark
SEK 162 490
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 161 864
33.3%
19
Portugal
SEK 159 850
34.1%
20
Netherlands
SEK 152 602
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 151 336
37.6%
22
Romania
SEK 141 860
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 204 840
15.5%
1
Canada
SEK 180 171
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 229 458
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 218 536
9.9%
2
Thailand
SEK 218 002
10.1%
3
Australia
SEK 216 201
10.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 205 490
15.3%
5
New Zealand
SEK 203 032
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 200 427
17.4%
7
Indonesia
SEK 197 711
18.5%
8
Malaysia
SEK 195 805
19.3%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 193 578
20.2%
10
Japan
SEK 193 480
20.2%
11
Singapore
SEK 192 403
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 187 206
22.8%
13
Vietnam
SEK 179 522
26.0%
14
China
SEK 170 766
29.6%
15
India
SEK 162 890
32.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 219 244
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 216 749
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 216 201
10.8%
3
Ecuador
SEK 211 007
13.0%
4
Colombia
SEK 205 889
15.1%
5
Panama
SEK 201 384
17.0%
6
Chile
SEK 196 055
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 191 882
20.9%
8
Peru
SEK 186 462
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 181 910
25.0%
10
Uruguay
SEK 177 601
26.8%
11
Argentina
SEK 157 547
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 197 464
18.6%
1
Mozambique
SEK 180 587
25.5%
2
Angola
SEK 178 298
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 175 250
27.7%
4
Morocco
SEK 171 491
29.3%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 171 376
29.3%
6
Ghana
SEK 171 244
29.4%
7
Nigeria
SEK 166 296
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 161 029
33.6%
9
Uganda
SEK 160 815
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 157 709
35.0%
11
Zambia
SEK 152 306
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 230 371
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 230 371
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 223 096
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 223 096
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 218 246
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 215 821
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 208 424
14.1%
7
Egypt
SEK 184 873
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 183 927
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 141 509
41.6%
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.