Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
251,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 27,918 kr
Communal tax
- 46,973 kr
Church tax
- 1,592 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 77,620 kr
Net pay
* 173,380 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.3%
Average tax rate
30.9%
69.1%
Net pay
30.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
173,380 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
77,620 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
91,541 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 251,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.65 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.9% tax rate now rises to 34.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 251,000 kr a year living in the region of Glostrup, Denmark, you will be taxed 77,620 kr. That means that your net pay will be 173,380 kr per year, or 14,448 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.9% and your marginal tax rate is 30.3%. 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 30.27 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.73 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 697 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,487 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 219769
12.4%
1
Russia
DKK 218370
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 210142
16.3%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 205177
18.3%
4
Hungary
DKK 204565
18.5%
5
France
DKK 204216
18.6%
6
Ukraine
DKK 202055
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 195125
22.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 194807
22.4%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 192291
23.4%
10
Spain
DKK 190475
24.1%
11
Austria
DKK 184043
26.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 177550
29.3%
13
Greece
DKK 173823
30.8%
14
Denmark
DKK 169101
32.6%
15
Germany
DKK 169003
32.7%
16
Poland
DKK 167096
33.4%
17
Italy
DKK 162752
35.2%
18
Finland
DKK 158956
36.7%
19
Netherlands
DKK 157952
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 153024
39.0%
21
Romania
DKK 146835
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 129730
48.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 202379
19.4%
1
Canada
DKK 184065
26.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 231929
7.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 222727
11.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 214120
14.7%
3
Australia
DKK 208188
17.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 206059
17.9%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 201476
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 201346
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 195271
22.2%
8
Singapore
DKK 195043
22.3%
9
Pakistan
DKK 193190
23.0%
10
Japan
DKK 190923
23.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 188534
24.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 184196
26.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 176690
29.6%
14
China
DKK 167146
33.4%
15
India
DKK 158787
36.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 226933
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 216614
13.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 215461
14.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 209038
16.7%
4
Chile
DKK 201660
19.7%
5
Panama
DKK 201447
19.7%
6
Colombia
DKK 199188
20.6%
7
Peru
DKK 189996
24.3%
8
Mexico
DKK 188565
24.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 185909
25.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 177912
29.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 163101
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 189472
24.5%
1
Angola
DKK 183816
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 179249
28.6%
3
Mozambique
DKK 178638
28.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 173022
31.1%
5
Nigeria
DKK 171601
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 170362
32.1%
7
Morocco
DKK 167929
33.1%
8
Uganda
DKK 163072
35.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 161453
35.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 158611
36.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 156410
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 238450
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 238450
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 230920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 230920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 225900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 223390
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 204584
18.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 190185
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 189575
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 147527
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Glostrup 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.