Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
18 547 kr
Municipal tax
- 4 812 kr
Other tax
- 139 kr
Total tax
- 4 950 kr
Net pay
* 13 597 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
26.7%
73.3%
Net pay
26.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 597 kr
Net pay
5 827 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 950 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
10 778 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 827 kr to pay you 18 547 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.81 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 26.7% tax rate now rises to 44.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222 564 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 59 405 kr. That means that your net pay will be 163 159 kr per year, or 13 597 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 26.7% 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 33.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.99 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 3 350 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 189 806
14.7%
1
Canada
SEK 165 396
25.7%
2
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.