Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
222,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,693 kr
Communal tax
- 46,065 kr
Church tax
- 1,730 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 73,623 kr
Net pay
* 148,377 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.9%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
148,377 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
73,623 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
87,545 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 222,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.94 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 37.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222,000 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 73,623 kr. That means that your net pay will be 148,377 kr per year, or 12,365 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 31.9%. 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 31.94 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.06 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 681 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,403 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 180922
18.5%
1
Canada
DKK 164078
26.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 171017
23.0%
1
Angola
DKK 162718
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 159788
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 158949
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 153839
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 152402
31.4%
6
Nigeria
DKK 151875
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 150355
32.3%
8
Uganda
DKK 146359
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 143796
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 141211
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 138575
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 210900
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 210900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 204240
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 204240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 199800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 197580
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 183891
17.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 168435
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 167825
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 130637
41.2%
10
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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.