Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
209,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,247 kr
Communal tax
- 42,955 kr
Church tax
- 1,798 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 69,135 kr
Net pay
* 139,865 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
139,865 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
69,135 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
83,057 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 209,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 37.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 209,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 69,135 kr. That means that your net pay will be 139,865 kr per year, or 11,655 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 185689
11.2%
1
Russia
DKK 181830
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 180112
13.8%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 177141
15.2%
4
France
DKK 175629
16.0%
5
Hungary
DKK 170335
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 168245
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 167405
19.9%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 166054
20.6%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 163727
21.7%
10
Spain
DKK 163032
22.0%
11
Austria
DKK 161584
22.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 149095
28.7%
13
Greece
DKK 147878
29.2%
14
Germany
DKK 145894
30.2%
15
Italy
DKK 144141
31.0%
16
Poland
DKK 142185
32.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 140414
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 136384
34.7%
19
Netherlands
DKK 131522
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 131179
37.2%
21
Romania
DKK 122265
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 116984
44.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 171303
18.0%
1
Canada
DKK 154441
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 195588
6.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 186418
10.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 182518
12.7%
3
Australia
DKK 180678
13.6%
4
South Korea
DKK 173659
16.9%
5
New Zealand
DKK 172530
17.5%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 167456
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 165780
20.7%
8
Pakistan
DKK 164840
21.1%
9
Singapore
DKK 164384
21.4%
10
Japan
DKK 162303
22.3%
11
Malaysia
DKK 161247
22.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 156243
25.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 150377
28.1%
14
China
DKK 141106
32.5%
15
India
DKK 134931
35.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 188960
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 183630
12.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 182523
12.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 176975
15.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 169786
18.8%
5
Panama
DKK 169674
18.8%
6
Chile
DKK 167231
20.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 160331
23.3%
8
Peru
DKK 159466
23.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 155459
25.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 150964
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 135801
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 162697
22.2%
1
Angola
DKK 153261
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 151338
27.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 149849
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 145239
30.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 144350
30.9%
6
Nigeria
DKK 143032
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 142477
31.8%
8
Uganda
DKK 137909
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 135881
35.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 133411
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 130580
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 198550
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 198550
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 192280
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 192280
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 188100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 186010
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 174357
16.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 158685
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 158075
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 123066
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.