Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 297 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 713 kr
Other tax
- 144 kr
Total tax
- 5 858 kr
Net pay
* 15 439 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
27.5%
72.5%
Net pay
27.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15 439 kr
Net pay
6 692 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 858 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 549 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 692 kr to pay you 21 297 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 27.5% tax rate now rises to 44.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 255 564 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 70 291 kr. That means that your net pay will be 185 273 kr per year, or 15 439 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.5% 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 32.97 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 185 273
27.5%
1
Skåne
SEK 180 691
29.3%
2
Halland
SEK 178 903
30.0%
3
Södermanland
SEK 178 098
30.3%
4
Uppsala
SEK 178 098
30.3%
5
Värmland
SEK 177 866
30.4%
6
Örebro
SEK 177 979
30.4%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 177 633
30.5%
8
Västmanland
SEK 177 085
30.7%
9
Jönköping
SEK 176 829
30.8%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 176 787
30.8%
11
Östergötland
SEK 176 894
30.8%
12
Dalarna
SEK 176 376
31.0%
13
Gotland
SEK 176 376
31.0%
14
Gävleborg
SEK 175 977
31.1%
15
Kalmar
SEK 176 209
31.1%
16
Jämtland
SEK 174 946
31.5%
17
Blekinge
SEK 174 600
31.7%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 174 302
31.8%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 174 004
31.9%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 173 522
32.1%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
SEK 232 875
8.9%
1
Ireland
SEK 232 370
9.1%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 228 950
10.4%
3
Russia
SEK 222 341
13.0%
4
France
SEK 218 485
14.5%
5
Norway
SEK 214 096
16.2%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 210 354
17.7%
7
Austria
SEK 208 994
18.2%
8
Hungary
SEK 208 285
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 206 491
19.2%
10
Ukraine
SEK 205 729
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 203 177
20.5%
12
Italy
SEK 189 605
25.8%
13
Germany
SEK 187 659
26.6%
14
Greece
SEK 185 802
27.3%
15
Sweden
SEK 185 273
27.5%
16
Poland
SEK 176 726
30.9%
17
Denmark
SEK 171 282
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 169 975
33.5%
19
Portugal
SEK 166 961
34.7%
20
Netherlands
SEK 160 824
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 156 798
38.7%
22
Romania
SEK 149 505
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 214 697
16.0%
1
Canada
SEK 189 858
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 241 470
5.5%
1
Taiwan
SEK 229 834
10.1%
2
Thailand
SEK 228 780
10.5%
3
Australia
SEK 226 524
11.4%
4
South Korea
SEK 215 708
15.6%
5
New Zealand
SEK 213 631
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 209 360
18.1%
7
Indonesia
SEK 207 218
18.9%
8
Malaysia
SEK 204 727
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 204 163
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 203 527
20.4%
11
Singapore
SEK 202 429
20.8%
12
Philippines
SEK 196 027
23.3%
13
Vietnam
SEK 188 294
26.3%
14
China
SEK 179 881
29.6%
15
India
SEK 170 312
33.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 231 059
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 227 836
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 227 355
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 221 340
13.4%
4
Colombia
SEK 215 317
15.8%
5
Panama
SEK 211 270
17.3%
6
Chile
SEK 206 393
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 201 513
21.2%
8
Peru
SEK 196 296
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 191 384
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 186 476
27.0%
11
Argentina
SEK 166 041
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 206 489
19.2%
1
Mozambique
SEK 189 562
25.8%
2
Angola
SEK 187 805
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 184 398
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 179 977
29.6%
5
Ghana
SEK 179 889
29.6%
6
Morocco
SEK 179 411
29.8%
7
Nigeria
SEK 175 184
31.5%
8
Uganda
SEK 169 310
33.8%
9
Cameroon
SEK 168 985
33.9%
10
Senegal
SEK 165 681
35.2%
11
Zambia
SEK 160 343
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 242 786
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 242 786
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 235 119
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 235 119
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 230 008
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 227 452
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 218 477
14.5%
7
Egypt
SEK 194 674
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 193 728
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 149 773
41.4%
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.