Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
198,120 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,036 kr
Communal tax
- 37,940 kr
Church tax
- 1,407 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 62,519 kr
Net pay
* 135,601 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.4%
Average tax rate
31.6%
68.4%
Net pay
31.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
135,601 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
62,519 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
76,440 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 198,120 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.86 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 36.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 198,120 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 62,519 kr. That means that your net pay will be 135,601 kr per year, or 11,300 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.6% and your marginal tax rate is 30.4%. 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 30.36 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.64 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 696 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,482 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 176718
10.8%
1
Russia
DKK 172364
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 172332
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 169879
14.3%
4
France
DKK 167267
15.6%
5
Hungary
DKK 161468
18.5%
6
Norway
DKK 160224
19.1%
7
Ukraine
DKK 159487
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 158863
19.8%
9
Austria
DKK 155917
21.3%
10
Spain
DKK 155900
21.3%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 155675
21.4%
12
Sweden
DKK 141805
28.4%
13
Greece
DKK 141151
28.8%
14
Germany
DKK 139797
29.4%
15
Italy
DKK 139528
29.6%
16
Poland
DKK 135238
31.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 132977
32.9%
18
Finland
DKK 129949
34.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 125518
36.7%
20
Netherlands
DKK 124674
37.1%
21
Romania
DKK 115900
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 113693
42.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 163253
17.6%
1
Canada
DKK 146465
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 185872
6.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 177013
10.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 174014
12.2%
3
Australia
DKK 172397
13.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 165152
16.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 164271
17.1%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 158644
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 157865
20.3%
8
Pakistan
DKK 157496
20.5%
9
Singapore
DKK 156052
21.2%
10
Japan
DKK 154888
21.8%
11
Malaysia
DKK 154219
22.2%
12
Philippines
DKK 148899
24.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 143560
27.5%
14
China
DKK 134571
32.1%
15
India
DKK 128751
35.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 179123
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 174572
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 173759
12.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 168601
14.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 162169
18.2%
5
Panama
DKK 161444
18.5%
6
Chile
DKK 158983
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 153014
22.8%
8
Peru
DKK 151474
23.5%
9
Brazil
DKK 147571
25.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 143082
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 128729
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 155638
21.4%
1
Angola
DKK 145346
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 144266
27.2%
3
Kenya
DKK 142233
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 138042
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 137554
30.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 135884
31.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 135632
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 130837
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 129257
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 126883
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 123889
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 188214
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 188214
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 182270
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 182270
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 178308
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 176327
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 166123
16.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 150525
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 149915
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 116729
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Billund 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.