Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
251,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 27,919 kr
Communal tax
- 48,407 kr
Church tax
- 1,453 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 78,915 kr
Net pay
* 172,089 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.8%
Average tax rate
31.4%
68.6%
Net pay
31.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
172,089 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
78,915 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
92,836 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 251,004 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 35.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 251,004 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 78,915 kr. That means that your net pay will be 172,089 kr per year, or 14,341 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.4% and your marginal tax rate is 30.8%. 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 30.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 692 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,461 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 219772
12.4%
1
Russia
DKK 218373
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 210145
16.3%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 205179
18.3%
4
Hungary
DKK 204568
18.5%
5
France
DKK 204218
18.6%
6
Ukraine
DKK 202058
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 195128
22.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 194810
22.4%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 192294
23.4%
10
Spain
DKK 190478
24.1%
11
Austria
DKK 184046
26.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 177552
29.3%
13
Greece
DKK 173826
30.8%
14
Denmark
DKK 169104
32.6%
15
Germany
DKK 169006
32.7%
16
Poland
DKK 167099
33.4%
17
Italy
DKK 162754
35.2%
18
Finland
DKK 158958
36.7%
19
Netherlands
DKK 157954
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 153026
39.0%
21
Romania
DKK 146837
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 129731
48.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 202382
19.4%
1
Canada
DKK 184068
26.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 231932
7.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 222730
11.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 214123
14.7%
3
Australia
DKK 208190
17.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 206062
17.9%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 201480
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 201348
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 195273
22.2%
8
Singapore
DKK 195046
22.3%
9
Pakistan
DKK 193193
23.0%
10
Japan
DKK 190926
23.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 188537
24.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 184198
26.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 176692
29.6%
14
China
DKK 167148
33.4%
15
India
DKK 158789
36.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 226936
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 216617
13.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 215464
14.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 209041
16.7%
4
Chile
DKK 201664
19.7%
5
Panama
DKK 201450
19.7%
6
Colombia
DKK 199191
20.6%
7
Peru
DKK 189999
24.3%
8
Mexico
DKK 188568
24.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 185912
25.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 177914
29.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 163104
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 189474
24.5%
1
Angola
DKK 183819
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 179251
28.6%
3
Mozambique
DKK 178641
28.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 173025
31.1%
5
Nigeria
DKK 171603
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 170364
32.1%
7
Morocco
DKK 167931
33.1%
8
Uganda
DKK 163074
35.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 161455
35.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 158614
36.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 156413
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 238454
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 238454
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 230924
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 230924
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 225904
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 223394
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 204587
18.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 190188
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 189578
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 147529
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.