Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
230,364 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 25,623 kr
Communal tax
- 43,901 kr
Church tax
- 1,628 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 72,288 kr
Net pay
* 158,076 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.3%
Average tax rate
31.4%
68.6%
Net pay
31.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
158,076 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
72,288 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
86,209 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 230,364 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 35.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 230,364 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 72,288 kr. That means that your net pay will be 158,076 kr per year, or 13,173 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.4% and your marginal tax rate is 30.3%. 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 30.25 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.75 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 698 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,488 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 187110
18.8%
1
Canada
DKK 170027
26.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 214185
7.0%
1
Taiwan
DKK 204887
11.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 198643
13.8%
3
Australia
DKK 194671
15.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 190213
17.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 187187
18.7%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 184761
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 181068
21.4%
8
Singapore
DKK 179975
21.9%
9
Pakistan
DKK 179261
22.2%
10
Japan
DKK 176861
23.2%
11
Malaysia
DKK 175064
24.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 170568
26.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 163761
28.9%
14
China
DKK 154351
33.0%
15
India
DKK 147066
36.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 208276
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 200446
13.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 199555
13.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 193406
16.0%
4
Panama
DKK 185836
19.3%
5
Colombia
DKK 184744
19.8%
6
Chile
DKK 183586
20.3%
7
Peru
DKK 175009
24.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 174693
24.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 170948
25.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 165381
28.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 149688
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 176370
23.4%
1
Angola
DKK 168803
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 165225
28.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 164803
28.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 159371
30.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 157582
31.6%
6
Nigeria
DKK 157564
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 155424
32.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 151722
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 148888
35.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 146230
36.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 143719
37.6%
12
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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.