Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
220,200 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,492 kr
Communal tax
- 45,179 kr
Church tax
- 1,891 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 72,698 kr
Net pay
* 147,502 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
147,502 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
72,698 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
86,620 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 220,200 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 220,200 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 72,698 kr. That means that your net pay will be 147,502 kr per year, or 12,292 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 179590
18.4%
1
Canada
DKK 162744
26.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 169865
22.9%
1
Angola
DKK 161409
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 158618
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 157689
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 152648
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 151287
31.3%
6
Nigeria
DKK 150650
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 149264
32.2%
8
Uganda
DKK 145189
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 142700
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 140131
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 137468
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.