Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
7 250 kr
Municipal tax
- 1 742 kr
Other tax
- 65.65 kr
Total tax
- 1 808 kr
Net pay
* 5 442 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
24.9%
75.1%
Net pay
24.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5 442 kr
Net pay
2 278 kr
Tax the employer pays
1 808 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4 085 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 2 278 kr to pay you 7 250 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 24.9% tax rate now rises to 42.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 174 000 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 43 381 kr. That means that your net pay will be 130 619 kr per year, or 10 885 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 24.9% 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 33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67 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 3 350 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 152 413
12.4%
1
Canada
SEK 130 650
24.9%
2
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.