Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 825 kr
Other tax
- 158 kr
Total tax
- 5 983 kr
Net pay
* 14 017 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.4%
Average tax rate
29.9%
70.1%
Net pay
29.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 017 kr
Net pay
6 284 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 983 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 267 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 284 kr to pay you 20 000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 29.9% tax rate now rises to 46.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 240 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 71 796 kr. That means that your net pay will be 168 204 kr per year, or 14 017 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 29.9% 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 36.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 63.57 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 3 179 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 202 957
15.4%
1
Canada
SEK 178 321
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 216 988
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 214 540
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 214 071
10.8%
3
Ecuador
SEK 209 034
12.9%
4
Colombia
SEK 204 055
15.0%
5
Panama
SEK 199 496
16.9%
6
Chile
SEK 194 081
19.1%
7
Mexico
SEK 190 042
20.8%
8
Peru
SEK 184 584
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 180 100
25.0%
10
Uruguay
SEK 175 906
26.7%
11
Argentina
SEK 155 924
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 195 729
18.5%
1
Mozambique
SEK 178 790
25.5%
2
Angola
SEK 176 482
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 173 503
27.7%
4
Morocco
SEK 169 979
29.2%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 169 733
29.3%
6
Ghana
SEK 169 593
29.3%
7
Nigeria
SEK 164 598
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 159 509
33.5%
9
Uganda
SEK 159 193
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 156 186
34.9%
11
Zambia
SEK 150 771
37.2%
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.