Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
267,436 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 29,746 kr
Communal tax
- 50,287 kr
Church tax
- 1,591 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 82,760 kr
Net pay
* 184,676 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
184,676 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
82,760 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
96,682 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 267,436 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
34.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.9% tax rate now rises to 34.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 267,436 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 82,760 kr. That means that your net pay will be 184,676 kr per year, or 15,390 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.0% 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 31.02 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.98 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 3,449 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 232669
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 232520
13.1%
2
Ireland
DKK 221076
17.3%
3
Hungary
DKK 217960
18.5%
4
United Kingdom
DKK 216147
19.2%
5
Ukraine
DKK 215286
19.5%
6
France
DKK 214620
19.8%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 206969
22.6%
8
Norway
DKK 205973
23.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 201894
24.5%
10
Spain
DKK 201158
24.8%
11
Austria
DKK 193229
27.8%
12
Sweden
DKK 189054
29.3%
13
Greece
DKK 183538
31.4%
14
Denmark
DKK 180220
32.6%
15
Germany
DKK 177857
33.5%
16
Poland
DKK 175691
34.3%
17
Italy
DKK 169791
36.5%
18
Netherlands
DKK 168294
37.1%
19
Finland
DKK 167309
37.4%
20
Portugal
DKK 161261
39.7%
21
Romania
DKK 156450
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 135417
49.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 214539
19.8%
1
Canada
DKK 194720
27.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 245937
8.0%
1
Taiwan
DKK 236711
11.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 226447
15.3%
3
Australia
DKK 218953
18.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 218639
18.3%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 214790
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 212622
20.5%
7
Singapore
DKK 207054
22.6%
8
Indonesia
DKK 206431
22.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 204284
23.6%
10
Japan
DKK 202123
24.4%
11
Malaysia
DKK 199263
25.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 194934
27.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 186987
30.1%
14
China
DKK 177336
33.7%
15
India
DKK 168123
37.1%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.