Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 7 256 kr
Other tax
- 153 kr
Total tax
- 7 409 kr
Net pay
* 18 591 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
28.5%
71.5%
Net pay
28.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18 591 kr
Net pay
8 169 kr
Tax the employer pays
7 409 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15 578 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 8 169 kr to pay you 26 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.99 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 28.5% tax rate now rises to 45.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 312 000 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 88 902 kr. That means that your net pay will be 223 098 kr per year, or 18 591 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 28.5% 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 33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67 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 223 098
28.5%
1
Skåne
SEK 217 284
30.4%
2
Halland
SEK 215 003
31.1%
3
Södermanland
SEK 213 983
31.4%
4
Uppsala
SEK 213 983
31.4%
5
Värmland
SEK 213 692
31.5%
6
Örebro
SEK 213 838
31.5%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 213 401
31.6%
8
Västmanland
SEK 212 697
31.8%
9
Jönköping
SEK 212 381
31.9%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 212 320
31.9%
11
Östergötland
SEK 212 466
31.9%
12
Dalarna
SEK 211 787
32.1%
13
Gotland
SEK 211 787
32.1%
14
Kalmar
SEK 211 592
32.2%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 211 300
32.3%
16
Jämtland
SEK 209 979
32.7%
17
Blekinge
SEK 209 541
32.8%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 209 165
33.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 208 788
33.1%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 208 170
33.3%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
SEK 277 952
10.9%
1
Russia
SEK 271 440
13.0%
2
Ireland
SEK 270 652
13.3%
3
United Kingdom
SEK 266 621
14.5%
4
France
SEK 263 051
15.7%
5
Hungary
SEK 254 280
18.5%
6
Norway
SEK 251 613
19.4%
7
Ukraine
SEK 251 160
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
SEK 249 507
20.0%
9
Czech Republic
SEK 244 940
21.5%
10
Spain
SEK 244 886
21.5%
11
Austria
SEK 244 271
21.7%
12
Sweden
SEK 223 098
28.5%
13
Greece
SEK 221 837
28.9%
14
Germany
SEK 219 461
29.7%
15
Italy
SEK 218 394
30.0%
16
Poland
SEK 212 763
31.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 209 472
32.9%
18
Finland
SEK 204 337
34.5%
19
Portugal
SEK 197 127
36.8%
20
Netherlands
SEK 196 338
37.1%
21
Romania
SEK 182 520
41.5%
22
Belgium
SEK 177 751
43.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 256 691
17.7%
1
Canada
SEK 230 525
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 292 496
6.3%
1
Taiwan
SEK 278 622
10.7%
2
Thailand
SEK 273 578
12.3%
3
Australia
SEK 271 109
13.1%
4
South Korea
SEK 259 835
16.7%
5
New Zealand
SEK 258 371
17.2%
6
Kazakhstan
SEK 249 877
19.9%
7
Indonesia
SEK 248 275
20.4%
8
Pakistan
SEK 247 454
20.7%
9
Singapore
SEK 245 648
21.3%
10
Japan
SEK 243 441
22.0%
11
Malaysia
SEK 242 252
22.4%
12
Philippines
SEK 234 122
25.0%
13
Vietnam
SEK 225 612
27.7%
14
China
SEK 211 314
32.3%
15
India
SEK 202 368
35.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 282 084
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 274 685
12.0%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 273 296
12.4%
3
Ecuador
SEK 265 125
15.0%
4
Colombia
SEK 254 817
18.3%
5
Panama
SEK 253 964
18.6%
6
Chile
SEK 250 155
19.8%
7
Mexico
SEK 240 494
22.9%
8
Peru
SEK 238 399
23.6%
9
Brazil
SEK 232 300
25.5%
10
Uruguay
SEK 225 336
27.8%
11
Argentina
SEK 202 724
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 244 511
21.6%
1
Angola
SEK 228 862
26.7%
2
Mozambique
SEK 226 819
27.3%
3
Kenya
SEK 223 903
28.2%
4
Ghana
SEK 217 221
30.4%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 216 353
30.7%
6
Morocco
SEK 213 610
31.5%
7
Nigeria
SEK 213 572
31.6%
8
Uganda
SEK 205 993
34.0%
9
Cameroon
SEK 203 346
34.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 199 623
36.0%
11
Zambia
SEK 195 051
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 296 400
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 296 400
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 287 040
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 287 040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 280 800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 277 680
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 261 222
16.3%
7
Egypt
SEK 237 001
24.0%
8
Lebanon
SEK 236 055
24.3%
9
Turkey
SEK 183 793
41.1%
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.