Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
199,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,190 kr
Communal tax
- 40,280 kr
Church tax
- 1,671 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 65,277 kr
Net pay
* 134,223 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
134,223 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
65,277 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
79,199 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 199,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 37.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 199,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 65,277 kr. That means that your net pay will be 134,223 kr per year, or 11,185 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% 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 164274
17.7%
1
Canada
DKK 147447
26.1%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 189525
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 189525
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 183540
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 183540
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 179550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 177555
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 167167
16.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 151560
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 150950
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 117533
41.1%
10
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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.