Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
188,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,966 kr
Communal tax
- 38,129 kr
Church tax
- 1,582 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 61,813 kr
Net pay
* 126,687 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
126,687 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
61,813 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
75,734 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 188,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 37.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 188,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 61,813 kr. That means that your net pay will be 126,687 kr per year, or 10,557 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.51 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,426 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 156135
17.2%
1
Canada
DKK 139623
25.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 170426
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 166564
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 166010
11.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 161196
14.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 155440
17.5%
5
Panama
DKK 154166
18.2%
6
Chile
DKK 151690
19.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 146431
22.3%
8
Peru
DKK 144407
23.4%
9
Brazil
DKK 140596
25.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 136345
27.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 122476
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 149268
20.8%
1
Angola
DKK 138347
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 137970
26.8%
3
Kenya
DKK 135499
28.1%
4
Ghana
DKK 131678
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 131412
30.3%
6
Morocco
DKK 130054
31.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 129088
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 124584
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 123400
34.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 121111
35.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 117973
37.4%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.