Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
211,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,470 kr
Communal tax
- 41,204 kr
Church tax
- 1,244 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 67,053 kr
Net pay
* 143,955 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.7%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
143,955 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
67,053 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
80,975 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 211,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 36.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 211,008 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 67,053 kr. That means that your net pay will be 143,955 kr per year, or 11,996 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% and your marginal tax rate is 30.7%. 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 30.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.35 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 694 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,468 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 187348
11.2%
1
Russia
DKK 183577
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 181547
14.0%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 178482
15.4%
4
France
DKK 177172
16.0%
5
Hungary
DKK 171972
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 169861
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 168730
20.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 167381
20.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 165213
21.7%
10
Spain
DKK 164349
22.1%
11
Austria
DKK 162630
22.9%
12
Sweden
DKK 150440
28.7%
13
Greece
DKK 149120
29.3%
14
Germany
DKK 147020
30.3%
15
Italy
DKK 144992
31.3%
16
Poland
DKK 143467
32.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 141787
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 137571
34.8%
19
Netherlands
DKK 132786
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 132224
37.3%
21
Romania
DKK 123440
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 117591
44.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 172789
18.1%
1
Canada
DKK 155930
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 197381
6.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 188154
10.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 184088
12.8%
3
Australia
DKK 181993
13.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 175229
17.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 173907
17.6%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 169083
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 167241
20.7%
8
Pakistan
DKK 166196
21.2%
9
Singapore
DKK 165877
21.4%
10
Japan
DKK 163671
22.4%
11
Malaysia
DKK 162542
23.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 157598
25.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 151635
28.1%
14
China
DKK 142351
32.5%
15
India
DKK 136072
35.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 190776
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 185280
12.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 184140
12.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 178520
15.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 171193
18.9%
5
Panama
DKK 171193
18.9%
6
Chile
DKK 168753
20.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 161681
23.4%
8
Peru
DKK 160941
23.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 156915
25.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 152418
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 137106
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 163982
22.3%
1
Angola
DKK 154722
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 152644
27.7%
3
Kenya
DKK 151254
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 146567
30.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 145594
31.0%
6
Nigeria
DKK 144398
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 143694
31.9%
8
Uganda
DKK 139214
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 137104
35.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 134616
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 131815
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 200458
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 200458
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 194127
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 194127
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 189907
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 187797
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 175877
16.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 160191
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 159581
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 124235
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus tables of Denmark, 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.