Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
255,320 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 28,399 kr
Communal tax
- 51,620 kr
Church tax
- 1,781 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 82,936 kr
Net pay
* 172,384 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.8%
Average tax rate
32.5%
67.5%
Net pay
32.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
172,384 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
82,936 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
96,857 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 255,320 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 36.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 255,320 kr a year living in the region of Fredericia, Denmark, you will be taxed 82,936 kr. That means that your net pay will be 172,384 kr per year, or 14,365 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% 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 31.82 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.18 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 3,409 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 223121
12.6%
1
Russia
DKK 222128
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 213230
16.5%
3
Hungary
DKK 208086
18.5%
4
United Kingdom
DKK 208060
18.5%
5
France
DKK 206950
18.9%
6
Ukraine
DKK 205533
19.5%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 198003
22.5%
8
Norway
DKK 197976
22.5%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 194905
23.7%
10
Spain
DKK 193293
24.3%
11
Austria
DKK 186386
27.0%
12
Sweden
DKK 180573
29.3%
13
Greece
DKK 176490
30.9%
14
Denmark
DKK 172040
32.6%
15
Germany
DKK 171356
32.9%
16
Poland
DKK 169403
33.7%
17
Italy
DKK 164711
35.5%
18
Finland
DKK 161152
36.9%
19
Netherlands
DKK 160670
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 155271
39.2%
21
Romania
DKK 149362
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 131044
48.7%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 205575
19.5%
1
Canada
DKK 186875
26.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 235622
7.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 226461
11.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 217360
14.9%
3
Australia
DKK 211017
17.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 209366
18.0%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 204976
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 204310
20.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 198204
22.4%
8
Singapore
DKK 198200
22.4%
9
Pakistan
DKK 196106
23.2%
10
Japan
DKK 193867
24.1%
11
Malaysia
DKK 191354
25.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 187018
26.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 179396
29.7%
14
China
DKK 169824
33.5%
15
India
DKK 161241
36.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 230839
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 219999
13.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 218791
14.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 212167
16.9%
4
Chile
DKK 205611
19.5%
5
Panama
DKK 204715
19.8%
6
Colombia
DKK 202214
20.8%
7
Peru
DKK 193133
24.4%
8
Mexico
DKK 191469
25.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 189041
26.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 180535
29.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 165909
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 192119
24.8%
1
Angola
DKK 186959
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 182273
28.6%
3
Mozambique
DKK 181446
28.9%
4
Ghana
DKK 175880
31.1%
5
Nigeria
DKK 174539
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 173037
32.2%
7
Morocco
DKK 170547
33.2%
8
Uganda
DKK 165448
35.2%
9
Cameroon
DKK 164083
35.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 161203
36.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 159067
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 242554
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 242554
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 234894
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 234894
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 229788
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 227235
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 207626
18.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 193425
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 192815
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 150043
41.2%
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.