Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19 789 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 219 kr
Other tax
- 142 kr
Total tax
- 5 360 kr
Net pay
* 14 429 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
27.1%
72.9%
Net pay
27.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 429 kr
Net pay
6 218 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 360 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 578 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 218 kr to pay you 19 789 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.1% tax rate now rises to 44.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 237 468 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 64 324 kr. That means that your net pay will be 173 144 kr per year, or 14 429 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.1% 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
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 173 144
27.1%
1
Skåne
SEK 168 962
28.8%
2
Halland
SEK 167 328
29.5%
3
Södermanland
SEK 166 593
29.8%
4
Uppsala
SEK 166 593
29.8%
5
Värmland
SEK 166 381
29.9%
6
Örebro
SEK 166 487
29.9%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 166 168
30.0%
8
Västmanland
SEK 165 670
30.2%
9
Jönköping
SEK 165 434
30.3%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 165 398
30.3%
11
Östergötland
SEK 165 493
30.3%
12
Dalarna
SEK 165 019
30.5%
13
Gotland
SEK 165 019
30.5%
14
Kalmar
SEK 164 865
30.6%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 164 652
30.7%
16
Jämtland
SEK 163 716
31.1%
17
Blekinge
SEK 163 396
31.2%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 163 124
31.3%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 162 852
31.4%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 162 413
31.6%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 220 546
7.1%
1
Switzerland
SEK 217 792
8.3%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 216 871
8.7%
3
Russia
SEK 206 597
13.0%
4
France
SEK 203 936
14.1%
5
Norway
SEK 201 811
15.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 197 395
16.9%
7
Austria
SEK 196 400
17.3%
8
Spain
SEK 193 874
18.4%
9
Hungary
SEK 193 536
18.5%
10
Ukraine
SEK 191 162
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 189 786
20.1%
12
Italy
SEK 179 313
24.5%
13
Germany
SEK 177 423
25.3%
14
Greece
SEK 173 999
26.7%
15
Sweden
SEK 173 144
27.1%
16
Poland
SEK 165 171
30.5%
17
Denmark
SEK 159 107
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 158 743
33.2%
19
Portugal
SEK 157 114
33.8%
20
Netherlands
SEK 149 438
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 149 234
37.2%
22
Romania
SEK 138 919
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 201 048
15.3%
1
Canada
SEK 176 444
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 224 777
5.3%
1
Taiwan
SEK 214 190
9.8%
2
Thailand
SEK 213 855
9.9%
3
Australia
SEK 212 228
10.6%
4
South Korea
SEK 201 559
15.1%
5
New Zealand
SEK 198 953
16.2%
6
Pakistan
SEK 196 815
17.1%
7
Indonesia
SEK 194 053
18.3%
8
Malaysia
SEK 192 372
19.0%
9
Japan
SEK 189 614
20.2%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 189 506
20.2%
11
Singapore
SEK 188 489
20.6%
12
Philippines
SEK 183 812
22.6%
13
Vietnam
SEK 176 147
25.8%
14
China
SEK 167 259
29.6%
15
India
SEK 160 034
32.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 214 698
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 212 299
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 211 910
10.8%
3
Ecuador
SEK 207 032
12.8%
4
Colombia
SEK 202 194
14.9%
5
Panama
SEK 197 580
16.8%
6
Chile
SEK 192 078
19.1%
7
Mexico
SEK 188 176
20.8%
8
Peru
SEK 182 679
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 178 265
24.9%
10
Uruguay
SEK 174 186
26.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 154 279
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 193 969
18.3%
1
Mozambique
SEK 176 967
25.5%
2
Angola
SEK 174 640
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 171 730
27.7%
4
Morocco
SEK 168 445
29.1%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 168 066
29.2%
6
Ghana
SEK 167 918
29.3%
7
Nigeria
SEK 162 876
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 157 968
33.5%
9
Uganda
SEK 157 547
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 154 641
34.9%
11
Zambia
SEK 149 214
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 225 595
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 225 595
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 218 470
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 218 470
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 213 721
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 211 347
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 204 556
13.9%
7
Egypt
SEK 181 102
23.7%
8
Lebanon
SEK 180 156
24.1%
9
Turkey
SEK 138 329
41.8%
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.