Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 561 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 722 kr
Net pay
* 14 278 kr
Marginal tax rate
38.6%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 278 kr
Net pay
6 598 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 722 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
13 320 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 598 kr to pay you 21 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 48.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 252 000 kr a year living in the region of Norrbotten, Sweden, you will be taxed 80 666 kr. That means that your net pay will be 171 334 kr per year, or 14 278 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 230 041
8.7%
1
Switzerland
SEK 230 035
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 571
10.1%
3
Russia
SEK 219 240
13.0%
4
France
SEK 215 620
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 211 677
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 207 802
17.5%
7
Austria
SEK 206 513
18.1%
8
Hungary
SEK 205 380
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 204 006
19.1%
10
Ukraine
SEK 202 860
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 540
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 578
25.6%
13
Germany
SEK 185 643
26.3%
14
Greece
SEK 183 477
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 182 884
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 450
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 168 884
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 167 763
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 165 022
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 581
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 308
38.4%
22
Romania
SEK 147 420
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 212 008
15.9%
1
Canada
SEK 187 216
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 238 221
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 226 752
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 225 840
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 223 709
11.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 212 922
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 210 740
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 206 954
17.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 204 625
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 202 293
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 201 277
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 200 787
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 199 700
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 193 622
23.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 185 901
26.2%
14
China
SEK 177 395
29.6%
15
India
SEK 168 288
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 227 837
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 224 966
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 224 313
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 218 522
13.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 212 820
15.6%
5
Panama
SEK 208 574
17.2%
6
Chile
SEK 203 573
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 198 887
21.1%
8
Peru
SEK 193 614
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 188 800
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 184 056
27.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 163 724
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 204 030
19.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 187 196
25.7%
2
Angola
SEK 185 212
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 181 903
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 177 632
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 177 531
29.6%
6
Morocco
SEK 177 251
29.7%
7
Nigeria
SEK 172 760
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 166 993
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 166 815
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 163 507
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 158 151
37.2%
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.