Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
231,592 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 25,760 kr
Communal tax
- 44,495 kr
Church tax
- 1,857 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 73,248 kr
Net pay
* 158,344 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.5%
Average tax rate
31.6%
68.4%
Net pay
31.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
158,344 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
73,248 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
87,169 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 231,592 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.76 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 35.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 231,592 kr a year living in the region of Kalundborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 73,248 kr. That means that your net pay will be 158,344 kr per year, or 13,195 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.6% 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 204359
11.8%
1
Russia
DKK 201485
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 196265
15.3%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 192222
17.0%
4
France
DKK 191930
17.1%
5
Hungary
DKK 188747
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 186432
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 182316
21.3%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 180547
22.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 180445
22.1%
10
Spain
DKK 177817
23.2%
11
Austria
DKK 173519
25.1%
12
Sweden
DKK 164269
29.1%
13
Greece
DKK 161841
30.1%
14
Germany
DKK 158432
31.6%
15
Poland
DKK 156611
32.4%
16
Denmark
DKK 155881
32.7%
17
Italy
DKK 153951
33.5%
18
Finland
DKK 149093
35.6%
19
Netherlands
DKK 145740
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 142932
38.3%
21
Romania
DKK 135481
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 123829
46.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 188019
18.8%
1
Canada
DKK 170862
26.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 215248
7.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 205949
11.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 199564
13.8%
3
Australia
DKK 195475
15.6%
4
South Korea
DKK 191163
17.5%
5
New Zealand
DKK 188030
18.8%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 185756
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 181915
21.5%
8
Singapore
DKK 180870
21.9%
9
Pakistan
DKK 180090
22.2%
10
Japan
DKK 177698
23.3%
11
Malaysia
DKK 175865
24.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 171385
26.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 164530
29.0%
14
China
DKK 155113
33.0%
15
India
DKK 147763
36.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 209386
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 201408
13.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 200502
13.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 194350
16.1%
4
Panama
DKK 186765
19.4%
5
Colombia
DKK 185603
19.9%
6
Chile
DKK 184659
20.3%
7
Peru
DKK 175901
24.1%
8
Mexico
DKK 175518
24.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 171838
25.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 166127
28.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 150486
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 177156
23.5%
1
Angola
DKK 169697
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 166023
28.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 165663
28.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 160184
30.8%
5
Nigeria
DKK 158399
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 158342
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 156168
32.6%
8
Uganda
DKK 152397
34.2%
9
Cameroon
DKK 149636
35.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 146966
36.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 144474
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 220012
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 220012
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 213065
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 213065
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 208433
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 206117
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 190814
17.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 175629
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 175019
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 136224
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.