Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15 687 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 873 kr
Other tax
- 133 kr
Total tax
- 4 007 kr
Net pay
* 11 680 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
25.5%
74.5%
Net pay
25.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11 680 kr
Net pay
4 929 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 007 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 936 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 929 kr to pay you 15 687 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 25.5% tax rate now rises to 43.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 188 244 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 48 081 kr. That means that your net pay will be 140 163 kr per year, or 11 680 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 25.5% 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 351 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 186 561
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
SEK 184 014
2.3%
2
Switzerland
SEK 174 246
7.4%
3
Spain
SEK 164 588
12.6%
4
France
SEK 164 360
12.7%
5
Russia
SEK 163 772
13.0%
6
Norway
SEK 163 289
13.3%
7
Luxembourg
SEK 160 429
14.8%
8
Austria
SEK 159 095
15.5%
9
Hungary
SEK 153 419
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
SEK 153 361
18.5%
11
Ukraine
SEK 151 536
19.5%
12
Italy
SEK 151 320
19.6%
13
Germany
SEK 148 325
21.2%
14
Greece
SEK 141 134
25.0%
15
Sweden
SEK 140 163
25.5%
16
Poland
SEK 133 739
29.0%
17
Portugal
SEK 127 707
32.2%
18
Finland
SEK 126 252
32.9%
19
Denmark
SEK 125 990
33.1%
20
Belgium
SEK 123 833
34.2%
21
Netherlands
SEK 118 463
37.1%
22
Romania
SEK 110 123
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 163 430
13.2%
1
Canada
SEK 140 355
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 178 699
5.1%
1
Australia
SEK 174 984
7.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 172 473
8.4%
3
Taiwan
SEK 171 485
8.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 163 071
13.4%
5
Pakistan
SEK 160 432
14.8%
6
New Zealand
SEK 159 028
15.5%
7
Indonesia
SEK 157 979
16.1%
8
Malaysia
SEK 157 858
16.1%
9
Japan
SEK 151 767
19.4%
10
Philippines
SEK 150 218
20.2%
11
Singapore
SEK 150 137
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 149 634
20.5%
13
Vietnam
SEK 142 957
24.1%
14
China
SEK 132 925
29.4%
15
India
SEK 132 075
29.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 170 194
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 169 897
9.8%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 168 478
10.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 167 414
11.1%
4
Colombia
SEK 165 015
12.3%
5
Panama
SEK 160 342
14.8%
6
Chile
SEK 153 140
18.7%
7
Mexico
SEK 151 895
19.3%
8
Peru
SEK 145 638
22.6%
9
Uruguay
SEK 143 969
23.5%
10
Brazil
SEK 142 577
24.3%
11
Argentina
SEK 122 283
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 158 812
15.6%
1
Mozambique
SEK 141 526
24.8%
2
Angola
SEK 138 829
26.3%
3
Morocco
SEK 137 945
26.7%
4
Kenya
SEK 137 274
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 135 665
27.9%
6
Ghana
SEK 135 356
28.1%
7
Nigeria
SEK 129 393
31.3%
8
Cameroon
SEK 127 998
32.0%
9
Uganda
SEK 125 552
33.3%
10
Senegal
SEK 124 179
34.0%
11
Zambia
SEK 118 942
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 178 832
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 178 832
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 173 184
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 173 184
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 169 420
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 167 537
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 163 489
13.2%
7
Egypt
SEK 144 184
23.4%
8
Lebanon
SEK 143 238
23.9%
9
Turkey
SEK 107 199
43.1%
10
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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.