Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
240,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 26,751 kr
Communal tax
- 49,227 kr
Church tax
- 1,546 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 78,659 kr
Net pay
* 161,845 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.0%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
161,845 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
78,659 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
92,581 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 240,504 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 240,504 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 78,659 kr. That means that your net pay will be 161,845 kr per year, or 13,487 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.0%. 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 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68 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 3,400 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 211626
12.0%
1
Russia
DKK 209238
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 202637
15.7%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 198170
17.6%
4
France
DKK 197572
17.9%
5
Hungary
DKK 196011
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 193606
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 188198
21.8%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 187040
22.2%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 185940
22.7%
10
Spain
DKK 183629
23.7%
11
Austria
DKK 178352
25.8%
12
Sweden
DKK 170272
29.2%
13
Greece
DKK 167343
30.4%
14
Germany
DKK 163286
32.1%
15
Denmark
DKK 161959
32.7%
16
Poland
DKK 161493
32.9%
17
Italy
DKK 157992
34.3%
18
Finland
DKK 153622
36.1%
19
Netherlands
DKK 151347
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 147566
38.6%
21
Romania
DKK 140695
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 126539
47.4%
23
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.