Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
222,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,759 kr
Communal tax
- 45,477 kr
Church tax
- 1,699 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 73,071 kr
Net pay
* 149,529 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.6%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
149,529 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
73,071 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
86,993 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 222,600 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222,600 kr a year living in the region of Favrskov, Denmark, you will be taxed 73,071 kr. That means that your net pay will be 149,529 kr per year, or 12,461 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 31.6%. 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 31.61 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.39 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 684 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,420 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 196928
11.5%
1
Russia
DKK 193662
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 189836
14.7%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 186219
16.3%
4
France
DKK 186082
16.4%
5
Hungary
DKK 181419
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 179193
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 176381
20.8%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 175042
21.4%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 173791
21.9%
10
Spain
DKK 171948
22.8%
11
Austria
DKK 168667
24.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 158212
28.9%
13
Greece
DKK 156288
29.8%
14
Germany
DKK 153516
31.0%
15
Poland
DKK 150869
32.2%
16
Italy
DKK 149907
32.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 149723
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 144428
35.1%
19
Netherlands
DKK 140082
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 138256
37.9%
21
Romania
DKK 130221
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 121097
45.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 181366
18.5%
1
Canada
DKK 164523
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 207466
6.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 198175
11.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 192820
13.4%
3
Australia
DKK 189586
14.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 184209
17.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 181861
18.3%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 178472
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 175674
21.1%
8
Singapore
DKK 174320
21.7%
9
Pakistan
DKK 174020
21.8%
10
Japan
DKK 171570
22.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 170013
23.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 165404
25.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 158897
28.6%
14
China
DKK 149538
32.8%
15
India
DKK 142656
35.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 201256
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 194363
12.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 193478
13.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 187435
15.8%
4
Panama
DKK 179963
19.2%
5
Colombia
DKK 179312
19.5%
6
Chile
DKK 177541
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 169473
23.9%
8
Peru
DKK 169370
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 165319
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 160666
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 144641
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 171401
23.0%
1
Angola
DKK 163155
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 160178
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 159369
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 154235
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 152773
31.4%
6
Nigeria
DKK 152283
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 150719
32.3%
8
Uganda
DKK 146749
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 144161
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 141571
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 138944
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 211470
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 211470
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 204792
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 204792
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 200340
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 198114
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 184324
17.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 168885
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 168275
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 130986
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Favrskov 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.