Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
212,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,636 kr
Communal tax
- 43,144 kr
Church tax
- 1,218 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 69,134 kr
Net pay
* 143,366 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.3%
Average tax rate
32.5%
67.5%
Net pay
32.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
143,366 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
69,134 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
83,056 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 212,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 212,500 kr a year living in the region of Hvidovre, Denmark, you will be taxed 69,134 kr. That means that your net pay will be 143,366 kr per year, or 11,947 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% and your marginal tax rate is 31.3%. 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 31.27 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.73 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 687 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,437 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 188581
11.3%
1
Russia
DKK 184875
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 182614
14.1%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 179478
15.5%
4
France
DKK 178319
16.1%
5
Hungary
DKK 173188
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 171062
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 169715
20.1%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 168367
20.8%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 166317
21.7%
10
Spain
DKK 165327
22.2%
11
Austria
DKK 163407
23.1%
12
Sweden
DKK 151440
28.7%
13
Greece
DKK 150043
29.4%
14
Germany
DKK 147856
30.4%
15
Italy
DKK 145625
31.5%
16
Poland
DKK 144420
32.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 142807
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 138454
34.9%
19
Netherlands
DKK 133725
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 133001
37.4%
21
Romania
DKK 124312
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 118042
44.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 173893
18.2%
1
Canada
DKK 157036
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 198713
6.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 189444
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 185245
12.8%
3
Australia
DKK 182970
13.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 176395
17.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 174931
17.7%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 170291
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 168326
20.8%
8
Pakistan
DKK 167203
21.3%
9
Singapore
DKK 166963
21.4%
10
Japan
DKK 164688
22.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 163503
23.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 158605
25.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 152569
28.2%
14
China
DKK 143276
32.6%
15
India
DKK 136919
35.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 192124
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 186449
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 185342
12.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 179667
15.5%
4
Panama
DKK 172322
18.9%
5
Colombia
DKK 172238
19.0%
6
Chile
DKK 169884
20.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 162684
23.4%
8
Peru
DKK 162035
23.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 157996
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 153499
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 138076
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 164937
22.4%
1
Angola
DKK 155807
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 153613
27.7%
3
Kenya
DKK 152299
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 147554
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 146518
31.1%
6
Nigeria
DKK 145413
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 144598
32.0%
8
Uganda
DKK 140184
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 138012
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 135511
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 132733
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 201875
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 201875
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 195500
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 195500
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 191250
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 189125
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 177006
16.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 161310
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 160700
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 125104
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Hvidovre 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.