Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
212,429 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,628 kr
Communal tax
- 43,638 kr
Church tax
- 1,827 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 70,228 kr
Net pay
* 142,201 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.8%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
142,201 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
70,228 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
84,150 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 212,429 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 37.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 212,429 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 70,228 kr. That means that your net pay will be 142,201 kr per year, or 11,850 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 31.8%. 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 31.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 682 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,411 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 188522
11.3%
1
Russia
DKK 184813
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 182563
14.1%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 179430
15.5%
4
France
DKK 178264
16.1%
5
Hungary
DKK 173130
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 171005
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 169668
20.1%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 168320
20.8%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 166264
21.7%
10
Spain
DKK 165280
22.2%
11
Austria
DKK 163370
23.1%
12
Sweden
DKK 151392
28.7%
13
Greece
DKK 149999
29.4%
14
Germany
DKK 147816
30.4%
15
Italy
DKK 145595
31.5%
16
Poland
DKK 144375
32.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 142759
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 138412
34.8%
19
Netherlands
DKK 133680
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 132964
37.4%
21
Romania
DKK 124271
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 118021
44.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 173840
18.2%
1
Canada
DKK 156983
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 198650
6.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 189383
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 185191
12.8%
3
Australia
DKK 182924
13.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 176340
17.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 174882
17.7%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 170234
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 168274
20.8%
8
Pakistan
DKK 167155
21.3%
9
Singapore
DKK 166912
21.4%
10
Japan
DKK 164639
22.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 163457
23.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 158557
25.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 152525
28.2%
14
China
DKK 143232
32.6%
15
India
DKK 136879
35.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 192060
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 186394
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 185285
12.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 179613
15.5%
4
Panama
DKK 172268
18.9%
5
Colombia
DKK 172188
18.9%
6
Chile
DKK 169830
20.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 162636
23.4%
8
Peru
DKK 161984
23.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 157945
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 153448
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 138030
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 164892
22.4%
1
Angola
DKK 155756
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 153567
27.7%
3
Kenya
DKK 152249
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 147507
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 146474
31.1%
6
Nigeria
DKK 145365
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 144555
32.0%
8
Uganda
DKK 140138
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 137969
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 135469
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 132689
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 201808
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 201808
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 195435
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 195435
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 191186
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 189062
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 176952
16.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 161257
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 160647
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 125063
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.