Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
300,144 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 33,384 kr
Communal tax
- 57,309 kr
Church tax
- 955 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 92,785 kr
Net pay
* 207,359 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
30.9%
69.1%
Net pay
30.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
207,359 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
92,785 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
106,706 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 300,144 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.56 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.9% tax rate now rises to 34.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 300,144 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 92,785 kr. That means that your net pay will be 207,359 kr per year, or 17,280 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 238740
20.5%
1
Canada
DKK 215847
28.1%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.