Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
12 792 kr
Municipal tax
- 2 937 kr
Other tax
- 115 kr
Total tax
- 3 052 kr
Net pay
* 9 740 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
23.9%
76.1%
Net pay
23.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9 740 kr
Net pay
4 019 kr
Tax the employer pays
3 052 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
7 071 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 019 kr to pay you 12 792 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.53 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.9% tax rate now rises to 42.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 153 504 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 36 626 kr. That means that your net pay will be 116 878 kr per year, or 9 740 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 23.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.95 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.05 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 353 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 116 878
23.9%
1
Skåne
SEK 114 530
25.4%
2
Halland
SEK 113 614
26.0%
3
Södermanland
SEK 113 198
26.3%
4
Uppsala
SEK 113 198
26.3%
5
Värmland
SEK 113 079
26.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 113 144
26.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 112 960
26.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 112 681
26.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 112 550
26.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 112 526
26.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 112 585
26.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 112 312
26.8%
13
Gotland
SEK 112 312
26.8%
14
Kalmar
SEK 112 229
26.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 112 116
27.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 111 580
27.3%
17
Blekinge
SEK 111 402
27.4%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 111 253
27.5%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 111 099
27.6%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 110 849
27.8%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 136 465
11.1%
1
Canada
SEK 116 541
24.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
SEK 140 246
8.6%
1
Guatemala
SEK 138 785
9.6%
2
Ecuador
SEK 138 203
10.0%
3
Colombia
SEK 138 093
10.0%
4
Costa Rica
SEK 137 386
10.5%
5
Panama
SEK 134 062
12.7%
6
Mexico
SEK 125 883
18.0%
7
Chile
SEK 125 659
18.1%
8
Uruguay
SEK 121 681
20.7%
9
Peru
SEK 119 496
22.2%
10
Brazil
SEK 118 136
23.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 99 702
35.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Stockholm 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.