Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
251,472 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 27,971 kr
Communal tax
- 48,497 kr
Church tax
- 1,456 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 79,059 kr
Net pay
* 172,413 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
172,413 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
79,059 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
92,980 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 251,472 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 251,472 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 79,059 kr. That means that your net pay will be 172,413 kr per year, or 14,368 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 202728
19.4%
1
Canada
DKK 184384
26.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 232332
7.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 223135
11.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 214474
14.7%
3
Australia
DKK 208497
17.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 206420
17.9%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 201859
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 201670
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 195591
22.2%
8
Singapore
DKK 195388
22.3%
9
Pakistan
DKK 193509
23.1%
10
Japan
DKK 191245
24.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 188842
24.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 184504
26.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 176985
29.6%
14
China
DKK 167438
33.4%
15
India
DKK 159055
36.8%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 238898
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 238898
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 231354
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 231354
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 226325
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 223810
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 204917
18.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 190539
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 189929
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 147802
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.