Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
201,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,412 kr
Communal tax
- 41,459 kr
Church tax
- 1,736 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 66,743 kr
Net pay
* 134,757 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.9%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
134,757 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
66,743 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
80,664 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 201,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 37.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 201,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 66,743 kr. That means that your net pay will be 134,757 kr per year, or 11,230 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% 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 31.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.10 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 3,405 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 179491
10.9%
1
Russia
DKK 175305
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 174749
13.3%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 172135
14.6%
4
France
DKK 169864
15.7%
5
Hungary
DKK 164223
18.5%
6
Norway
DKK 162455
19.4%
7
Ukraine
DKK 162207
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 161097
20.1%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 158177
21.5%
10
Spain
DKK 158116
21.5%
11
Austria
DKK 157678
21.8%
12
Sweden
DKK 144070
28.5%
13
Greece
DKK 143241
28.9%
14
Germany
DKK 141691
29.7%
15
Italy
DKK 140961
30.0%
16
Poland
DKK 137396
31.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 135288
32.9%
18
Finland
DKK 131948
34.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 127277
36.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 126802
37.1%
21
Romania
DKK 117878
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 114715
43.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 165754
17.7%
1
Canada
DKK 148881
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 188890
6.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 179935
10.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 176656
12.3%
3
Australia
DKK 175067
13.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 167795
16.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 166844
17.2%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 161381
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 160324
20.4%
8
Pakistan
DKK 159778
20.7%
9
Singapore
DKK 158641
21.3%
10
Japan
DKK 157192
22.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 156414
22.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 151180
25.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 145678
27.7%
14
China
DKK 136456
32.3%
15
India
DKK 130671
35.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 182179
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 177386
12.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 176482
12.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 171202
15.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 164533
18.4%
5
Panama
DKK 164001
18.6%
6
Chile
DKK 161545
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 155289
22.9%
8
Peru
DKK 153957
23.6%
9
Brazil
DKK 150021
25.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 145530
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 130926
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 157876
21.7%
1
Angola
DKK 147805
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 146463
27.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 144599
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 140278
30.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 139705
30.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 137932
31.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 137931
31.6%
8
Uganda
DKK 133034
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 131315
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 128911
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 125968
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 191425
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 191425
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 185380
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 185380
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 181350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 179335
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 168681
16.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 153060
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 152450
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 118698
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.