Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
26 500 kr
Municipal tax
- 8 174 kr
Other tax
- 176 kr
Total tax
- 8 350 kr
Net pay
* 18 150 kr
Marginal tax rate
36.4%
Average tax rate
31.5%
68.5%
Net pay
31.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18 150 kr
Net pay
8 326 kr
Tax the employer pays
8 350 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16 677 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 8 326 kr to pay you 26 500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 47.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 318 000 kr a year living in the region of Uppsala, Sweden, you will be taxed 100 203 kr. That means that your net pay will be 217 798 kr per year, or 18 150 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.5% 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 261 130
17.9%
1
Canada
SEK 234 972
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 287 509
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
SEK 279 680
12.1%
2
Costa Rica
SEK 278 129
12.5%
3
Ecuador
SEK 269 744
15.2%
4
Colombia
SEK 259 019
18.6%
5
Panama
SEK 258 503
18.7%
6
Chile
SEK 254 704
19.9%
7
Mexico
SEK 244 528
23.1%
8
Peru
SEK 242 806
23.7%
9
Brazil
SEK 236 650
25.6%
10
Uruguay
SEK 229 683
27.8%
11
Argentina
SEK 206 624
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 302 100
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 302 100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 292 560
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 292 560
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 286 200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 283 020
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 265 763
16.4%
7
Egypt
SEK 241 501
24.1%
8
Lebanon
SEK 240 555
24.4%
9
Turkey
SEK 187 288
41.1%
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.