Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
222,096 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,703 kr
Communal tax
- 42,729 kr
Church tax
- 1,783 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 70,352 kr
Net pay
* 151,744 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
31.7%
68.3%
Net pay
31.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
151,744 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
70,352 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
84,273 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 222,096 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 35.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222,096 kr a year living in the region of Kalundborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 70,352 kr. That means that your net pay will be 151,744 kr per year, or 12,645 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.7% and your marginal tax rate is 30.5%. 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 30.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 695 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,475 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 196511
11.5%
1
Russia
DKK 193224
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 189475
14.7%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 185883
16.3%
4
France
DKK 185694
16.4%
5
Hungary
DKK 181008
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 178787
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 176049
20.7%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 174709
21.3%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 173418
21.9%
10
Spain
DKK 171618
22.7%
11
Austria
DKK 168405
24.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 157872
28.9%
13
Greece
DKK 155976
29.8%
14
Germany
DKK 153233
31.0%
15
Poland
DKK 150547
32.2%
16
Italy
DKK 149693
32.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 149378
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 144129
35.1%
19
Netherlands
DKK 139765
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 137994
37.9%
21
Romania
DKK 129926
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 120945
45.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 180993
18.5%
1
Canada
DKK 164149
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 207030
6.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 197740
11.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 192442
13.4%
3
Australia
DKK 189256
14.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 183819
17.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 181515
18.3%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 178064
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 175307
21.1%
8
Singapore
DKK 173953
21.7%
9
Pakistan
DKK 173680
21.8%
10
Japan
DKK 171227
22.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 169688
23.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 165069
25.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 158581
28.6%
14
China
DKK 149225
32.8%
15
India
DKK 142370
35.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 200800
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 193968
12.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 193072
13.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 187047
15.8%
4
Panama
DKK 179581
19.1%
5
Colombia
DKK 178959
19.4%
6
Chile
DKK 177159
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 169135
23.9%
8
Peru
DKK 169004
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 164953
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 160360
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 144314
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 171079
23.0%
1
Angola
DKK 162788
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 159851
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 159016
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 153902
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 152461
31.4%
6
Nigeria
DKK 151940
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 150413
32.3%
8
Uganda
DKK 146421
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 143855
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 141269
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 138634
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 210991
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 210991
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 204328
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 204328
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 199886
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 197665
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 183960
17.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 168507
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 167897
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 130693
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kalundborg 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.