Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
298,480 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 33,199 kr
Communal tax
- 54,135 kr
Church tax
- 1,187 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 89,658 kr
Net pay
* 208,822 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.1%
Average tax rate
30.0%
70.0%
Net pay
30.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
208,822 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
89,658 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
103,579 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 298,480 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.47 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
33.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30% tax rate now rises to 33.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 298,480 kr a year living in the region of Frederiksberg, Denmark, you will be taxed 89,658 kr. That means that your net pay will be 208,822 kr per year, or 17,402 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.0% and your marginal tax rate is 30.1%. 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 30.08 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.92 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 699 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,496 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 259678
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 256548
14.1%
2
Hungary
DKK 243261
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 240276
19.5%
4
Ireland
DKK 239288
19.8%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 236869
20.6%
6
France
DKK 234270
21.5%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 229942
23.0%
8
Norway
DKK 226462
24.1%
9
Spain
DKK 221220
25.9%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 219007
26.6%
11
Austria
DKK 211390
29.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 210786
29.4%
13
Denmark
DKK 201106
32.6%
14
Greece
DKK 200601
32.8%
15
Germany
DKK 194284
34.9%
16
Poland
DKK 191739
35.8%
17
Netherlands
DKK 187834
37.1%
18
Finland
DKK 183086
38.7%
19
Italy
DKK 181868
39.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 175892
41.1%
21
Romania
DKK 174611
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 148207
50.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 237509
20.4%
1
Canada
DKK 214773
28.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 271337
9.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 261679
12.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 249730
16.3%
3
South Korea
DKK 242400
18.8%
4
Kazakhstan
DKK 239935
19.6%
5
Australia
DKK 239287
19.8%
6
New Zealand
DKK 233731
21.7%
7
Singapore
DKK 229717
23.0%
8
Indonesia
DKK 227510
23.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 225239
24.5%
10
Japan
DKK 223278
25.2%
11
Malaysia
DKK 219335
26.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 215216
27.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 206291
30.9%
14
China
DKK 196583
34.1%
15
India
DKK 185756
37.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 269620
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 253815
15.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 251646
15.7%
3
Chile
DKK 244747
18.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 243433
18.4%
5
Panama
DKK 237366
20.5%
6
Colombia
DKK 232420
22.1%
7
Peru
DKK 224478
24.8%
8
Mexico
DKK 220484
26.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 220332
26.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 206744
30.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 193963
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 218487
26.8%
1
Angola
DKK 218358
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 212485
28.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 209500
29.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 204430
31.5%
5
Nigeria
DKK 203897
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 199768
33.1%
7
Morocco
DKK 196701
34.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 190361
36.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 189186
36.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 187099
37.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 185610
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 283556
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 283556
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 274602
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 274602
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 268632
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 265647
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 238010
20.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 225795
24.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 225185
24.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 175180
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederiksberg 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.