Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
271,232 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 30,169 kr
Communal tax
- 56,400 kr
Church tax
- 2,217 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 89,922 kr
Net pay
* 181,310 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
181,310 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
89,922 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
103,844 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 271,232 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.83 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 36.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 271,232 kr a year living in the region of Frederikshavn, Denmark, you will be taxed 89,922 kr. That means that your net pay will be 181,310 kr per year, or 15,109 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.27 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.73 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 667 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,337 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 235972
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 235465
13.2%
2
Ireland
DKK 223304
17.7%
3
Hungary
DKK 221054
18.5%
4
United Kingdom
DKK 218681
19.4%
5
Ukraine
DKK 218342
19.5%
6
France
DKK 217022
20.0%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 209778
22.7%
8
Norway
DKK 208478
23.1%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 203988
24.8%
10
Spain
DKK 203612
24.9%
11
Austria
DKK 195450
27.9%
12
Sweden
DKK 191711
29.3%
13
Greece
DKK 185624
31.6%
14
Denmark
DKK 182774
32.6%
15
Germany
DKK 179866
33.7%
16
Poland
DKK 177624
34.5%
17
Italy
DKK 171267
36.9%
18
Netherlands
DKK 170684
37.1%
19
Finland
DKK 169238
37.6%
20
Portugal
DKK 163050
39.9%
21
Romania
DKK 158671
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 136981
49.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 217348
19.9%
1
Canada
DKK 197178
27.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 249047
8.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 239810
11.6%
2
Thailand
DKK 229294
15.5%
3
South Korea
DKK 221545
18.3%
4
Australia
DKK 221440
18.4%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 217864
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 215227
20.7%
7
Singapore
DKK 209828
22.6%
8
Indonesia
DKK 209008
22.9%
9
Pakistan
DKK 206847
23.7%
10
Japan
DKK 204710
24.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 201740
25.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 197414
27.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 189365
30.2%
14
China
DKK 179690
33.8%
15
India
DKK 170279
37.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 245207
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 232466
14.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 230918
14.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 223694
17.5%
4
Chile
DKK 220162
18.8%
5
Panama
DKK 216753
20.1%
6
Colombia
DKK 213351
21.3%
7
Peru
DKK 204689
24.5%
8
Mexico
DKK 202166
25.5%
9
Brazil
DKK 200577
26.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 190198
29.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 176252
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 201866
25.6%
1
Angola
DKK 198535
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 193411
28.7%
3
Mozambique
DKK 191789
29.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 186406
31.3%
5
Nigeria
DKK 185362
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 182892
32.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 180189
33.6%
8
Uganda
DKK 174199
35.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 173771
35.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 170750
37.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 168853
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 257670
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 257670
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 249533
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 249534
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 244109
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 241396
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 218828
19.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 205359
24.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 204749
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 159310
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederikshavn 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.