Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
228,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 25,360 kr
Communal tax
- 46,725 kr
Church tax
- 1,956 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 75,177 kr
Net pay
* 152,823 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
152,823 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
75,177 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
89,098 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 228,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 228,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 75,177 kr. That means that your net pay will be 152,823 kr per year, or 12,735 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 201390
11.7%
1
Russia
DKK 198360
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 193697
15.1%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 189824
16.7%
4
France
DKK 189657
16.8%
5
Hungary
DKK 185820
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 183540
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 179945
21.1%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 178374
21.8%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 177787
22.0%
10
Spain
DKK 175474
23.0%
11
Austria
DKK 171571
24.8%
12
Sweden
DKK 161849
29.0%
13
Greece
DKK 159623
30.0%
14
Germany
DKK 156475
31.4%
15
Poland
DKK 154317
32.3%
16
Denmark
DKK 153421
32.7%
17
Italy
DKK 152322
33.2%
18
Finland
DKK 147268
35.4%
19
Netherlands
DKK 143480
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 141064
38.1%
21
Romania
DKK 133380
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 122737
46.2%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 185361
18.7%
1
Canada
DKK 168419
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 212139
7.0%
1
Taiwan
DKK 202843
11.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 196870
13.7%
3
Australia
DKK 193123
15.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 188385
17.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 185565
18.6%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 182846
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 179438
21.3%
8
Singapore
DKK 178254
21.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 177665
22.1%
10
Japan
DKK 175250
23.1%
11
Malaysia
DKK 173521
23.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 168996
25.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 162280
28.8%
14
China
DKK 152886
32.9%
15
India
DKK 145723
36.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 206138
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 198594
12.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 197733
13.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 191588
16.0%
4
Panama
DKK 184048
19.3%
5
Colombia
DKK 183090
19.7%
6
Chile
DKK 181634
20.3%
7
Peru
DKK 173292
24.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 173104
24.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 169234
25.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 163945
28.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 148151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 174857
23.3%
1
Angola
DKK 167083
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 163688
28.2%
3
Kenya
DKK 163149
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 157808
30.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 156118
31.5%
6
Nigeria
DKK 155956
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 153991
32.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 150259
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 147449
35.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 144811
36.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 142265
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 216600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 216600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 209760
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 209760
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 205200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 202920
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 188221
17.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 172935
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 172325
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 134131
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.