Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
220,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,471 kr
Communal tax
- 45,140 kr
Church tax
- 1,890 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 72,637 kr
Net pay
* 147,371 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
147,371 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
72,637 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
86,559 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 220,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.93 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 37.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 220,008 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 72,637 kr. That means that your net pay will be 147,371 kr per year, or 12,281 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 179448
18.4%
1
Canada
DKK 162601
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 198913
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 192332
12.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 191390
13.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 185441
15.7%
4
Panama
DKK 178002
19.1%
5
Colombia
DKK 177496
19.3%
6
Chile
DKK 175576
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 167731
23.8%
8
Peru
DKK 167488
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 163440
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 158938
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 142956
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 169742
22.9%
1
Angola
DKK 161269
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 158494
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 157554
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 152521
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 151168
31.3%
6
Nigeria
DKK 150520
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 149148
32.2%
8
Uganda
DKK 145064
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 142583
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 140016
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 137350
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 209008
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 209008
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 202407
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 202407
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 198007
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 195807
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 182453
17.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 166941
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 166331
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 129477
41.2%
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.