Just used a tax calculator, in Stockholm gross of 500k USD annually was net 210k USD: https://se.neuvoo.com/tax-calculator/?iam=&uet_calculate=calculate&salary=

Just used a tax calculator, in Stockholm gross of 500k USD annually was net 210k USD: https://se.neuvoo.com/tax-calculator/?iam=&uet_calculate=calculate&salary=4671068&from=year&region=STOCKHOLM https://se.neuvoo.com/tax-calculator/?iam=&uet_calculate=cal... In NYC it'd be net 284k: https://smartasset.com/taxes/new-york-tax-calculator#xyAZi4NK9M https://smartasset.com/taxes/new-york-tax-calculator#xyAZi4N... So yeah, it's much higher in Sweden. The effective tax rates are 58% vs 43%.