Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 464 kr
Other tax
- 155 kr
Total tax
- 5 619 kr
Net pay
* 13 381 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.4%
Average tax rate
29.6%
70.4%
Net pay
29.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13 381 kr
Net pay
5 970 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 619 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
11 589 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 5 970 kr to pay you 19 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.6% tax rate now rises to 46.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 228 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 67 429 kr. That means that your net pay will be 160 571 kr per year, or 13 381 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.6% and your marginal tax rate is 36.4%. 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 36.39 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.61 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 3 181 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 166 800
26.8%
1
Skåne
SEK 162 823
28.6%
2
Halland
SEK 161 269
29.3%
3
Södermanland
SEK 160 571
29.6%
4
Uppsala
SEK 160 571
29.6%
5
Örebro
SEK 160 472
29.6%
6
Värmland
SEK 160 372
29.7%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 160 169
29.8%
8
Västmanland
SEK 159 694
30.0%
9
Östergötland
SEK 159 527
30.0%
10
Jönköping
SEK 159 471
30.1%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 159 435
30.1%
12
Dalarna
SEK 159 077
30.2%
13
Gotland
SEK 159 077
30.2%
14
Kalmar
SEK 158 929
30.3%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 158 730
30.4%
16
Jämtland
SEK 157 837
30.8%
17
Blekinge
SEK 157 534
30.9%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 157 275
31.0%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 157 016
31.1%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 156 598
31.3%
21
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 193 906
15.0%
1
Canada
SEK 169 425
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 215 962
5.3%
1
Thailand
SEK 206 045
9.6%
2
Taiwan
SEK 206 005
9.7%
3
Australia
SEK 204 749
10.2%
4
South Korea
SEK 194 156
14.8%
5
New Zealand
SEK 191 274
16.1%
6
Pakistan
SEK 190 014
16.7%
7
Indonesia
SEK 187 165
17.9%
8
Malaysia
SEK 185 848
18.5%
9
Japan
SEK 182 334
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
SEK 181 837
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 181 119
20.6%
12
Philippines
SEK 177 422
22.2%
13
Vietnam
SEK 169 791
25.5%
14
China
SEK 160 655
29.5%
15
India
SEK 154 656
32.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 206 138
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 203 920
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 203 829
10.6%
3
Ecuador
SEK 199 546
12.5%
4
Colombia
SEK 195 236
14.4%
5
Panama
SEK 190 418
16.5%
6
Chile
SEK 184 588
19.0%
7
Mexico
SEK 181 197
20.5%
8
Peru
SEK 175 554
23.0%
9
Brazil
SEK 171 400
24.8%
10
Uruguay
SEK 167 756
26.4%
11
Argentina
SEK 148 124
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 187 386
17.8%
1
Mozambique
SEK 170 150
25.4%
2
Angola
SEK 167 752
26.4%
3
Kenya
SEK 165 103
27.6%
4
Morocco
SEK 162 707
28.6%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 161 834
29.0%
6
Ghana
SEK 161 655
29.1%
7
Nigeria
SEK 156 435
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 152 203
33.2%
9
Uganda
SEK 151 393
33.6%
10
Senegal
SEK 148 865
34.7%
11
Zambia
SEK 143 391
37.1%
12
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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.