Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
216,065 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,032 kr
Communal tax
- 44,359 kr
Church tax
- 1,857 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 71,384 kr
Net pay
* 144,681 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.8%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
144,681 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
71,384 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
85,305 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 216,065 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 37.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 216,065 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 71,384 kr. That means that your net pay will be 144,681 kr per year, or 12,057 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 176530
18.3%
1
Canada
DKK 159678
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 201810
6.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 192526
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 187918
13.0%
3
Australia
DKK 185305
14.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 179156
17.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 177377
17.9%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 173179
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 170920
20.9%
8
Pakistan
DKK 169609
21.5%
9
Singapore
DKK 169560
21.5%
10
Japan
DKK 167117
22.7%
11
Malaysia
DKK 165801
23.3%
12
Philippines
DKK 161012
25.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 154803
28.4%
14
China
DKK 145486
32.7%
15
India
DKK 138944
35.7%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 167219
22.6%
1
Angola
DKK 158401
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 155931
27.8%
3
Kenya
DKK 154794
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 149913
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 148726
31.2%
6
Nigeria
DKK 147838
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 146759
32.1%
8
Uganda
DKK 142501
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 140183
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 137650
36.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 134925
37.6%
12
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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.