Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
960 kr
Municipal tax
- 256 kr
Other tax
- 6.62 kr
Total tax
- 263 kr
Net pay
* 697 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
27.4%
72.6%
Net pay
27.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
697 kr
Net pay
302 kr
Tax the employer pays
263 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
564 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 302 kr to pay you 960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.88 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 27.4% tax rate now rises to 44.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 249 600 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 68 325 kr. That means that your net pay will be 181 275 kr per year, or 15 106 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.4% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 352 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Stockholm
SEK 181 275
27.4%
1
Skåne
SEK 176 826
29.2%
2
Halland
SEK 175 088
29.9%
3
Södermanland
SEK 174 307
30.2%
4
Uppsala
SEK 174 307
30.2%
5
Örebro
SEK 174 192
30.2%
6
Värmland
SEK 174 081
30.3%
7
Västra Götaland
SEK 173 855
30.3%
8
Västmanland
SEK 173 323
30.6%
9
Östergötland
SEK 173 137
30.6%
10
Jönköping
SEK 173 073
30.7%
11
Kronoberg
SEK 173 034
30.7%
12
Dalarna
SEK 172 633
30.8%
13
Gotland
SEK 172 633
30.8%
14
Kalmar
SEK 172 470
30.9%
15
Gävleborg
SEK 172 244
31.0%
16
Jämtland
SEK 171 245
31.4%
17
Blekinge
SEK 170 908
31.5%
18
Västerbotten
SEK 170 618
31.6%
19
Västernorrland
SEK 170 329
31.8%
20
Norrbotten
SEK 169 861
31.9%
21
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
SEK 228 473
8.5%
1
Switzerland
SEK 228 122
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
SEK 224 969
9.9%
3
Russia
SEK 217 152
13.0%
4
France
SEK 213 690
14.4%
5
Norway
SEK 210 048
15.9%
6
Luxembourg
SEK 206 083
17.4%
7
Austria
SEK 204 843
17.9%
8
Hungary
SEK 203 424
18.5%
9
Spain
SEK 202 333
18.9%
10
Ukraine
SEK 200 928
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
SEK 198 764
20.4%
12
Italy
SEK 186 213
25.4%
13
Germany
SEK 184 285
26.2%
14
Greece
SEK 181 912
27.1%
15
Sweden
SEK 181 275
27.4%
16
Poland
SEK 172 917
30.7%
17
Denmark
SEK 167 269
33.0%
18
Finland
SEK 166 273
33.4%
19
Portugal
SEK 163 716
34.4%
20
Netherlands
SEK 157 071
37.1%
21
Belgium
SEK 154 305
38.2%
22
Romania
SEK 146 016
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 210 198
15.8%
1
Canada
SEK 185 437
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 236 034
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 224 678
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 223 861
10.3%
3
Australia
SEK 221 813
11.1%
4
South Korea
SEK 211 045
15.5%
5
New Zealand
SEK 208 794
16.4%
6
Pakistan
SEK 205 334
17.7%
7
Indonesia
SEK 202 879
18.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 200 655
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 199 333
20.1%
10
Japan
SEK 198 942
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 197 862
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 192 002
23.1%
13
Vietnam
SEK 184 290
26.2%
14
China
SEK 175 721
29.6%
15
India
SEK 166 925
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
SEK 225 667
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
SEK 223 032
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
SEK 222 264
11.0%
3
Ecuador
SEK 216 624
13.2%
4
Colombia
SEK 211 110
15.4%
5
Panama
SEK 206 758
17.2%
6
Chile
SEK 201 675
19.2%
7
Mexico
SEK 197 118
21.0%
8
Peru
SEK 191 808
23.2%
9
Brazil
SEK 187 060
25.1%
10
Uruguay
SEK 182 426
26.9%
11
Argentina
SEK 162 164
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
SEK 202 374
18.9%
1
Mozambique
SEK 185 603
25.6%
2
Angola
SEK 183 466
26.5%
3
Kenya
SEK 180 223
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
SEK 176 052
29.5%
5
Ghana
SEK 175 943
29.5%
6
Morocco
SEK 175 796
29.6%
7
Nigeria
SEK 171 128
31.4%
8
Uganda
SEK 165 433
33.7%
9
Cameroon
SEK 165 354
33.8%
10
Senegal
SEK 162 043
35.1%
11
Zambia
SEK 156 675
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 237 120
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 237 120
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 229 632
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 229 632
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 224 640
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 222 144
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 213 889
14.3%
7
Egypt
SEK 190 201
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 189 255
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 146 001
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Stockholm 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.