Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
154 960 kr
Municipal tax
- 35 709 kr
Other tax
- 1 397 kr
Total tax
- 37 106 kr
Net pay
* 117 854 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
23.9%
76.1%
Net pay
23.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
117 854 kr
Net pay
48 688 kr
Tax the employer pays
37 106 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
85 794 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 48 688 kr to pay you 154 960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.54 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 23.9% tax rate now rises to 42.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 18.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 154 960 kr a year living in the region of Stockholm, Sweden, you will be taxed 37 106 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117 854 kr per year, or 9 821 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 24.0% 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 32.95 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.05 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5 000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3 353 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
SEK 137 598
11.2%
1
Canada
SEK 117 620
24.1%
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.