Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 958 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 602 kr
Other tax
- 144 kr
Total tax
- 5 746 kr
Net pay
* 15 212 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
27.4%
72.6%
Net pay
27.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15 212 kr
Net pay
6 585 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 746 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 331 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 585 kr to pay you 20 958 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.88 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.4% tax rate now rises to 44.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 251 496 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 68 950 kr. That means that your net pay will be 182 546 kr per year, or 15 212 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.4% 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 32.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.03 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 3 352 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 182 546
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 178 054
29.2%
2
Halland
SEK 176 301
29.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 175 512
30.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 175 512
30.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 175 284
30.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 175 396
30.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 175 056
30.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 174 519
30.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 174 267
30.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 174 227
30.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 174 331
30.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 173 823
30.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 173 823
30.9%
14
Kalmar
SEK 173 659
30.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 173 431
31.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 172 422
31.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 172 082
31.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 171 789
31.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 171 497
31.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 171 025
32.0%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 229 712
8.7%
1
Switzerland
SEK 229 633
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 235
10.0%
3
Russia
SEK 218 802
13.0%
4
France
SEK 215 215
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 211 335
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 207 441
17.5%
7
Austria
SEK 206 163
18.0%
8
Hungary
SEK 204 969
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 203 655
19.0%
10
Ukraine
SEK 202 454
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 167
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 291
25.5%
13
Germany
SEK 185 358
26.3%
14
Greece
SEK 183 148
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 182 546
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 128
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 168 545
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 167 450
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 164 747
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 264
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 098
38.3%
22
Romania
SEK 147 125
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 211 628
15.9%
1
Canada
SEK 186 843
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 237 762
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 226 317
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 225 425
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 223 311
11.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 212 527
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 210 332
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 206 614
17.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 204 259
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 201 949
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 200 868
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 200 400
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 199 314
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 193 281
23.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 185 563
26.2%
14
China
SEK 177 043
29.6%
15
India
SEK 168 002
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 227 381
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 224 560
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 223 882
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 218 124
13.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 212 467
15.5%
5
Panama
SEK 208 192
17.2%
6
Chile
SEK 203 175
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 198 515
21.1%
8
Peru
SEK 193 235
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 188 435
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 183 713
27.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 163 397
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 203 682
19.0%
1
Mozambique
SEK 186 862
25.7%
2
Angola
SEK 184 845
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 181 550
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 177 300
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 177 198
29.5%
6
Morocco
SEK 176 945
29.6%
7
Nigeria
SEK 172 417
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 166 665
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 166 508
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 163 200
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 157 841
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 238 921
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 238 921
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 231 376
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 231 376
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 226 346
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 223 831
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 215 348
14.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 191 623
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 190 677
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 147 200
41.5%
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.