Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
212,940 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,685 kr
Communal tax
- 43,230 kr
Church tax
- 1,492 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 69,543 kr
Net pay
* 143,397 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
143,397 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
69,543 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
83,465 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 212,940 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 212,940 kr a year living in the region of Fredericia, Denmark, you will be taxed 69,543 kr. That means that your net pay will be 143,397 kr per year, or 11,950 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.39 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.61 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,431 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 188945
11.3%
1
Russia
DKK 185258
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 182929
14.1%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 179771
15.6%
4
France
DKK 178657
16.1%
5
Hungary
DKK 173546
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 171417
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 170006
20.2%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 168658
20.8%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 166642
21.7%
10
Spain
DKK 165615
22.2%
11
Austria
DKK 163636
23.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 151735
28.7%
13
Greece
DKK 150315
29.4%
14
Germany
DKK 148102
30.5%
15
Italy
DKK 145811
31.5%
16
Poland
DKK 144701
32.1%
17
Denmark
DKK 143109
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 138714
34.9%
19
Netherlands
DKK 134002
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 133229
37.4%
21
Romania
DKK 124570
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 118175
44.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 174218
18.2%
1
Canada
DKK 157362
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 199106
6.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 189824
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 185575
12.9%
3
Australia
DKK 183258
13.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 176739
17.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 175233
17.7%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 170648
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 168646
20.8%
8
Pakistan
DKK 167500
21.3%
9
Singapore
DKK 167284
21.4%
10
Japan
DKK 164987
22.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 163787
23.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 158902
25.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 152845
28.2%
14
China
DKK 143549
32.6%
15
India
DKK 137169
35.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 192522
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 186794
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 185697
12.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 180006
15.5%
4
Panama
DKK 172655
18.9%
5
Colombia
DKK 172546
19.0%
6
Chile
DKK 170218
20.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 162979
23.5%
8
Peru
DKK 162355
23.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 158315
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 153818
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 138362
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 165219
22.4%
1
Angola
DKK 156127
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 153899
27.7%
3
Kenya
DKK 152607
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 147845
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 146790
31.1%
6
Nigeria
DKK 145712
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 144865
32.0%
8
Uganda
DKK 140470
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 138280
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 135775
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 133003
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 202293
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 202293
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 195905
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 195905
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 191646
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 189517
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 177339
16.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 161640
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 161030
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 125360
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Fredericia 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.