Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
222,107 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,705 kr
Communal tax
- 45,557 kr
Church tax
- 1,695 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 73,092 kr
Net pay
* 149,015 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
149,015 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
73,092 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
87,014 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 222,107 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
36.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 36.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222,107 kr a year living in the region of Frederikssund, Denmark, you will be taxed 73,092 kr. That means that your net pay will be 149,015 kr per year, or 12,418 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.69 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.31 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,416 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 196520
11.5%
1
Russia
DKK 193233
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 189483
14.7%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 185890
16.3%
4
France
DKK 185703
16.4%
5
Hungary
DKK 181017
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 178796
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 176056
20.7%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 174716
21.3%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 173426
21.9%
10
Spain
DKK 171625
22.7%
11
Austria
DKK 168411
24.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 157879
28.9%
13
Greece
DKK 155983
29.8%
14
Germany
DKK 153239
31.0%
15
Poland
DKK 150554
32.2%
16
Italy
DKK 149698
32.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 149386
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 144136
35.1%
19
Netherlands
DKK 139772
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 137999
37.9%
21
Romania
DKK 129933
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 120948
45.6%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 181001
18.5%
1
Canada
DKK 164157
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 207039
6.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 197749
11.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 192450
13.4%
3
Australia
DKK 189263
14.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 183828
17.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 181522
18.3%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 178073
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 175315
21.1%
8
Singapore
DKK 173961
21.7%
9
Pakistan
DKK 173687
21.8%
10
Japan
DKK 171234
22.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 169695
23.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 165076
25.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 158588
28.6%
14
China
DKK 149232
32.8%
15
India
DKK 142376
35.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 200810
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 193977
12.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 193081
13.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 187056
15.8%
4
Panama
DKK 179590
19.1%
5
Colombia
DKK 178967
19.4%
6
Chile
DKK 177167
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 169142
23.9%
8
Peru
DKK 169012
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 164961
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 160367
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 144321
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 171086
23.0%
1
Angola
DKK 162796
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 159858
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 159023
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 153909
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 152468
31.4%
6
Nigeria
DKK 151948
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 150420
32.3%
8
Uganda
DKK 146429
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 143861
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 141275
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 138641
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 211002
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 211002
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 204338
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 204338
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 199896
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 197675
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 183968
17.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 168515
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 167905
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 130699
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederikssund 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.