Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
199,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,134 kr
Communal tax
- 41,437 kr
Church tax
- 1,556 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 66,263 kr
Net pay
* 132,737 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
132,737 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
66,263 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
80,184 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 199,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 199,000 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 66,263 kr. That means that your net pay will be 132,737 kr per year, or 11,061 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.1%. 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 32.05 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.95 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 680 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,398 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 163904
17.6%
1
Canada
DKK 147091
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 179919
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 175305
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 174468
12.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 169278
14.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 162785
18.2%
5
Panama
DKK 162109
18.5%
6
Chile
DKK 159650
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 153608
22.8%
8
Peru
DKK 152120
23.6%
9
Brazil
DKK 148209
25.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 143719
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 129301
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 156221
21.5%
1
Angola
DKK 145986
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 144838
27.2%
3
Kenya
DKK 142849
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 138624
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 138115
30.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 136417
31.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 136230
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 131409
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 129793
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 127411
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 124430
37.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens 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.