Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
342,420 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 38,087 kr
Communal tax
- 70,481 kr
Church tax
- 2,950 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 112,653 kr
Net pay
* 229,767 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
229,767 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
112,653 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
126,575 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 342,420 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 35.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 342,420 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 112,653 kr. That means that your net pay will be 229,767 kr per year, or 19,147 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 297905
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 290124
15.3%
2
Hungary
DKK 279072
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 275648
19.5%
4
United Kingdom
DKK 266199
22.3%
5
Czech Republic
DKK 262457
23.4%
6
France
DKK 262084
23.5%
7
Ireland
DKK 261917
23.5%
8
Norway
DKK 255462
25.4%
9
Spain
DKK 247125
27.8%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 240517
29.8%
11
Sweden
DKK 238147
30.5%
12
Austria
DKK 236325
31.0%
13
Denmark
DKK 230668
32.6%
14
Greece
DKK 224432
34.5%
15
Germany
DKK 216742
36.7%
16
Poland
DKK 216414
36.8%
17
Netherlands
DKK 215488
37.1%
18
Finland
DKK 205269
40.1%
19
Italy
DKK 202413
40.9%
20
Romania
DKK 200316
41.5%
21
Portugal
DKK 195226
43.0%
22
Belgium
DKK 166193
51.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 270019
21.1%
1
Canada
DKK 244358
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 307251
10.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 296149
13.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 282685
17.5%
3
Kazakhstan
DKK 275527
19.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 275464
19.6%
5
Australia
DKK 268068
21.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 262560
23.3%
7
Singapore
DKK 261790
23.6%
8
Indonesia
DKK 257345
24.9%
9
Pakistan
DKK 253907
25.9%
10
Japan
DKK 253249
26.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 247889
27.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 243923
28.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 234076
31.6%
14
China
DKK 225094
34.3%
15
India
DKK 210714
38.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 308511
9.9%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 285321
16.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 285074
16.8%
3
Chile
DKK 282632
17.5%
4
Ecuador
DKK 271639
20.7%
5
Panama
DKK 270607
21.0%
6
Colombia
DKK 261839
23.5%
7
Peru
DKK 256248
25.2%
8
Brazil
DKK 252188
26.4%
9
Mexico
DKK 249862
27.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 233426
31.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 222524
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 250324
26.9%
1
South Africa
DKK 244796
28.5%
2
Kenya
DKK 243243
29.0%
3
Mozambique
DKK 238061
30.5%
4
Nigeria
DKK 233785
31.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 233496
31.8%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 226981
33.7%
7
Morocco
DKK 223328
34.8%
8
Cameroon
DKK 217114
36.6%
9
Senegal
DKK 213463
37.7%
10
Uganda
DKK 213353
37.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 212633
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 325299
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 325299
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 315026
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 315026
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 308178
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 304754
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 268944
21.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 258750
24.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 258140
24.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 200771
41.4%
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.