Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21 000 kr
Municipal tax
- 6 186 kr
Other tax
- 161 kr
Total tax
- 6 347 kr
Net pay
* 14 653 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
14 653 kr
Net pay
6 598 kr
Tax the employer pays
6 347 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 945 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 598 kr to pay you 21 000 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 252 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 76 167 kr. That means that your net pay will be 175 833 kr per year, or 14 653 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 230 041
8.7%
1
Switzerland
SEK 230 035
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 226 571
10.1%
3
Russia
SEK 219 240
13.0%
4
France
SEK 215 620
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 211 677
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 207 802
17.5%
7
Austria
SEK 206 513
18.1%
8
Hungary
SEK 205 380
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 204 006
19.1%
10
Ukraine
SEK 202 860
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 200 540
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 187 578
25.6%
13
Germany
SEK 185 643
26.3%
14
Greece
SEK 183 477
27.2%
15
Sweden
SEK 182 884
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 174 450
30.8%
17
Denmark
SEK 168 884
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 167 763
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 165 022
34.5%
20
Netherlands
SEK 158 581
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 155 308
38.4%
22
Romania
SEK 147 420
41.5%
23
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 239 400
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 239 400
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 231 840
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 231 840
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 226 800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 224 280
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 215 735
14.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 192 001
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 191 055
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 147 519
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.