Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 750 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 096 kr
Other tax
- 160 kr
Total tax
- 6 256 kr
Net pay
* 14 494 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.4%
Average tax rate
30.2%
69.8%
Net pay
30.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
14 494 kr
Net pay
6 520 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 256 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 776 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 520 kr to pay you 20 750 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.2% tax rate now rises to 46.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 249 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 75 075 kr. That means that your net pay will be 173 926 kr per year, or 14 494 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.2% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 228 081
8.4%
1
Switzerland
SEK 227 644
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 224 569
9.8%
3
Russia
SEK 216 630
13.0%
4
France
SEK 213 208
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 209 640
15.8%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 205 653
17.4%
7
Austria
SEK 204 425
17.9%
8
Hungary
SEK 202 935
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 201 914
18.9%
10
Ukraine
SEK 200 445
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 198 320
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 185 872
25.4%
13
Germany
SEK 183 946
26.1%
14
Greece
SEK 181 521
27.1%
15
Sweden
SEK 180 873
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 172 534
30.7%
17
Denmark
SEK 166 866
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 165 901
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 163 389
34.4%
20
Netherlands
SEK 156 694
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 154 054
38.1%
22
Romania
SEK 145 665
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 209 746
15.8%
1
Canada
SEK 184 993
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 235 487
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 224 159
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 223 366
10.3%
3
Australia
SEK 221 339
11.1%
4
South Korea
SEK 210 576
15.4%
5
New Zealand
SEK 208 307
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 204 929
17.7%
7
Indonesia
SEK 202 443
18.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 200 245
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 198 847
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 198 481
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 197 402
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 191 597
23.1%
13
Vietnam
SEK 183 888
26.2%
14
China
SEK 175 302
29.6%
15
India
SEK 166 584
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 225 125
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 222 505
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 221 752
10.9%
3
Ecuador
SEK 216 150
13.2%
4
Colombia
SEK 210 669
15.4%
5
Panama
SEK 206 304
17.2%
6
Chile
SEK 201 200
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 196 675
21.0%
8
Peru
SEK 191 356
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 186 625
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 182 018
26.9%
11
Argentina
SEK 161 774
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 201 960
18.9%
1
Mozambique
SEK 185 205
25.6%
2
Angola
SEK 183 029
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 179 803
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 175 657
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 175 546
29.5%
6
Morocco
SEK 175 433
29.6%
7
Nigeria
SEK 170 720
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 165 043
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 164 989
33.7%
10
Senegal
SEK 161 677
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 156 306
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 236 550
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 236 550
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 229 080
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 229 080
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 224 100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 221 610
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 213 427
14.3%
7
Egypt
SEK 189 751
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 188 805
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 145 622
41.5%
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.