Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20 667 kr
Municipal tax
- 5 507 kr
Other tax
- 143 kr
Total tax
- 5 650 kr
Net pay
* 15 017 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
27.3%
72.7%
Net pay
27.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15 017 kr
Net pay
6 494 kr
Tax the employer pays
5 650 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
12 143 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 6 494 kr to pay you 20 667 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 27.3% tax rate now rises to 44.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 248 004 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 67 799 kr. That means that your net pay will be 180 205 kr per year, or 15 017 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 27.3% 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 32.96 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.04 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 208 994
15.7%
1
Canada
SEK 184 254
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
SEK 234 579
5.4%
1
Taiwan
SEK 223 298
10.0%
2
Thailand
SEK 222 544
10.3%
3
Australia
SEK 220 552
11.1%
4
South Korea
SEK 209 797
15.4%
5
New Zealand
SEK 207 499
16.3%
6
Pakistan
SEK 204 257
17.6%
7
Indonesia
SEK 201 718
18.7%
8
Malaysia
SEK 199 565
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
SEK 198 040
20.2%
10
Japan
SEK 197 715
20.3%
11
Singapore
SEK 196 640
20.7%
12
Philippines
SEK 190 924
23.0%
13
Vietnam
SEK 183 219
26.1%
14
China
SEK 174 608
29.6%
15
India
SEK 166 018
33.1%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
SEK 235 604
5.0%
1
Qatar
SEK 235 604
5.0%
2
Bahrain
SEK 228 164
8.0%
3
Oman
SEK 228 164
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
SEK 223 204
10.0%
5
Kuwait
SEK 220 724
11.0%
6
Israel
SEK 212 661
14.3%
7
Egypt
SEK 189 004
23.8%
8
Lebanon
SEK 188 058
24.2%
9
Turkey
SEK 144 992
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.