Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 250 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 915 kr
Other tax
- 159 kr
Total tax
- 6 074 kr
Net pay
* 14 176 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.4%
Average tax rate
30.0%
70.0%
Net pay
30.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 176 kr
Net pay
6 363 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 074 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 437 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 363 kr to pay you 20 250 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30% tax rate now rises to 46.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 243 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 72 889 kr. That means that your net pay will be 170 111 kr per year, or 14 176 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.0% 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 176 851
27.2%
1
Skåne
SEK 172 548
29.0%
2
Halland
SEK 170 867
29.7%
3
Södermanland
SEK 170 111
30.0%
4
Uppsala
SEK 170 111
30.0%
5
Örebro
SEK 170 001
30.0%
6
Värmland
SEK 169 892
30.1%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 169 673
30.2%
8
Västmanland
SEK 169 160
30.4%
9
Jönköping
SEK 168 917
30.5%
10
Kronoberg
SEK 168 880
30.5%
11
Östergötland
SEK 168 978
30.5%
12
Dalarna
SEK 168 491
30.7%
13
Gotland
SEK 168 491
30.7%
14
Kalmar
SEK 168 333
30.7%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 168 114
30.8%
16
Jämtland
SEK 167 150
31.2%
17
Blekinge
SEK 166 821
31.3%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 166 541
31.5%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 166 261
31.6%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 165 810
31.8%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 224 160
7.8%
1
Switzerland
SEK 222 600
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 220 564
9.2%
3
Russia
SEK 211 410
13.0%
4
France
SEK 208 384
14.3%
5
Norway
SEK 205 567
15.4%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 201 357
17.1%
7
Austria
SEK 200 250
17.6%
8
Hungary
SEK 198 045
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 197 731
18.6%
10
Ukraine
SEK 195 615
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 193 880
20.2%
12
Italy
SEK 182 459
24.9%
13
Germany
SEK 180 552
25.7%
14
Greece
SEK 177 607
26.9%
15
Sweden
SEK 176 851
27.2%
16
Poland
SEK 168 703
30.6%
17
Denmark
SEK 162 829
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 162 177
33.3%
19
Portugal
SEK 160 124
34.1%
20
Netherlands
SEK 152 919
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 151 546
37.6%
22
Romania
SEK 142 155
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 205 220
15.6%
1
Canada
SEK 180 545
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 229 927
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 218 972
9.9%
2
Thailand
SEK 218 417
10.1%
3
Australia
SEK 216 599
10.9%
4
South Korea
SEK 205 884
15.3%
5
New Zealand
SEK 203 440
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 200 789
17.4%
7
Indonesia
SEK 198 078
18.5%
8
Malaysia
SEK 196 149
19.3%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 193 987
20.2%
10
Japan
SEK 193 867
20.2%
11
Singapore
SEK 192 795
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 187 547
22.8%
13
Vietnam
SEK 179 860
26.0%
14
China
SEK 171 117
29.6%
15
India
SEK 163 176
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 219 700
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 217 195
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 216 631
10.9%
3
Ecuador
SEK 211 406
13.0%
4
Colombia
SEK 206 259
15.1%
5
Panama
SEK 201 765
17.0%
6
Chile
SEK 196 454
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 192 253
20.9%
8
Peru
SEK 186 841
23.1%
9
Brazil
SEK 182 275
25.0%
10
Uruguay
SEK 177 943
26.8%
11
Argentina
SEK 157 874
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 197 815
18.6%
1
Mozambique
SEK 180 950
25.5%
2
Angola
SEK 178 664
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 175 603
27.7%
4
Morocco
SEK 171 797
29.3%
5
Ivory Coast
SEK 171 707
29.3%
6
Ghana
SEK 171 577
29.4%
7
Nigeria
SEK 166 638
31.4%
8
Cameroon
SEK 161 336
33.6%
9
Uganda
SEK 161 143
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 158 016
35.0%
11
Zambia
SEK 152 616
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 230 850
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 230 850
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 223 560
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 223 560
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 218 700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 216 270
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 208 812
14.1%
7
Egypt
SEK 185 251
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 184 305
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 141 827
41.6%
10
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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.