Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
14 917 kr
Municipal tax
- 3 989 kr
Other tax
- 143 kr
Total tax
- 4 132 kr
Net pay
* 10 785 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.4%
Average tax rate
27.7%
72.3%
Net pay
27.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
10 785 kr
Net pay
4 687 kr
Tax the employer pays
4 132 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
8 819 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 4 687 kr to pay you 14 917 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.7% tax rate now rises to 45.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179 004 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 49 582 kr. That means that your net pay will be 129 422 kr per year, or 10 785 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.7% and your marginal tax rate is 36.5%. 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 36.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 636 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 178 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 156 284
12.7%
1
Canada
SEK 134 060
25.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 169 974
5.0%
1
Australia
SEK 168 281
6.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 164 553
8.1%
3
Taiwan
SEK 163 182
8.8%
4
South Korea
SEK 155 589
13.1%
5
Pakistan
SEK 153 502
14.3%
6
New Zealand
SEK 151 533
15.4%
7
Malaysia
SEK 150 810
15.8%
8
Indonesia
SEK 150 711
15.8%
9
Japan
SEK 144 663
19.2%
10
Philippines
SEK 143 783
19.7%
11
Singapore
SEK 142 922
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
SEK 142 151
20.6%
13
Vietnam
SEK 136 525
23.7%
14
India
SEK 126 826
29.2%
15
China
SEK 126 480
29.3%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Uppsala 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.