Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 043 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 630 kr
Other tax
- 144 kr
Total tax
- 5 774 kr
Net pay
* 15 269 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
15 269 kr
Net pay
6 612 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 774 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 386 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 612 kr to pay you 21 043 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.89 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 252 516 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 69 286 kr. That means that your net pay will be 183 230 kr per year, or 15 269 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 183 230
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 178 715
29.2%
2
Halland
SEK 176 953
29.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 176 161
30.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 176 161
30.2%
5
Värmland
SEK 175 931
30.3%
6
Örebro
SEK 176 044
30.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 175 702
30.4%
8
Västmanland
SEK 175 163
30.6%
9
Jönköping
SEK 174 910
30.7%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 174 869
30.7%
11
Östergötland
SEK 174 974
30.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 174 463
30.9%
13
Gotland
SEK 174 463
30.9%
14
Kalmar
SEK 174 298
31.0%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 174 069
31.1%
16
Jämtland
SEK 173 055
31.5%
17
Blekinge
SEK 172 713
31.6%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 172 419
31.7%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 172 126
31.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 171 651
32.0%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
SEK 230 446
8.7%
1
Ireland
SEK 230 378
8.8%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 916
10.1%
3
Russia
SEK 219 689
13.0%
4
France
SEK 216 035
14.5%
5
Norway
SEK 212 027
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 208 171
17.6%
7
Austria
SEK 206 872
18.1%
8
Hungary
SEK 205 801
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 204 366
19.1%
10
Ukraine
SEK 203 275
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 922
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 871
25.6%
13
Germany
SEK 185 935
26.4%
14
Greece
SEK 183 814
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 183 230
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 779
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 169 231
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 168 083
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 165 302
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 906
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 524
38.4%
22
Romania
SEK 147 722
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 212 398
15.9%
1
Canada
SEK 187 599
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 238 692
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 227 199
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 226 266
10.4%
3
Australia
SEK 224 116
11.3%
4
South Korea
SEK 213 325
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 211 159
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 207 302
17.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 205 001
18.8%
8
Malaysia
SEK 202 646
19.8%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 201 694
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 201 184
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 200 095
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 193 970
23.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 186 248
26.2%
14
China
SEK 177 755
29.6%
15
India
SEK 168 581
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 228 304
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 225 381
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 224 753
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 218 930
13.3%
4
Colombia
SEK 213 182
15.6%
5
Panama
SEK 208 964
17.3%
6
Chile
SEK 203 982
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 199 267
21.1%
8
Peru
SEK 194 002
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 189 174
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 184 406
27.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 164 060
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 204 386
19.1%
1
Mozambique
SEK 187 539
25.7%
2
Angola
SEK 185 587
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 182 264
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 177 971
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 177 872
29.6%
6
Morocco
SEK 177 563
29.7%
7
Nigeria
SEK 173 111
31.5%
8
Uganda
SEK 167 328
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 167 130
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 163 822
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 158 469
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 239 890
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 239 890
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 232 315
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 232 315
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 227 264
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 224 739
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 216 132
14.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 192 388
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 191 442
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 147 845
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.