Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
199,940 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,239 kr
Communal tax
- 40,366 kr
Church tax
- 1,675 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 65,416 kr
Net pay
* 134,524 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
134,524 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
65,416 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
79,337 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 199,940 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 199,940 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 65,416 kr. That means that your net pay will be 134,524 kr per year, or 11,210 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 178201
10.9%
1
Russia
DKK 173948
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 173634
13.2%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 171094
14.4%
4
France
DKK 168665
15.6%
5
Hungary
DKK 162951
18.5%
6
Norway
DKK 161426
19.3%
7
Ukraine
DKK 160952
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 160066
19.9%
9
Spain
DKK 157093
21.4%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 157022
21.5%
11
Austria
DKK 156865
21.5%
12
Sweden
DKK 143025
28.5%
13
Greece
DKK 142276
28.8%
14
Germany
DKK 140817
29.6%
15
Italy
DKK 140300
29.8%
16
Poland
DKK 136400
31.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 134221
32.9%
18
Finland
DKK 131025
34.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 126465
36.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 125820
37.1%
21
Romania
DKK 116965
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 114243
42.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 164600
17.7%
1
Canada
DKK 147760
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 187497
6.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 178586
10.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 175437
12.3%
3
Australia
DKK 173834
13.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 166575
16.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 165657
17.2%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 160118
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 159189
20.4%
8
Pakistan
DKK 158725
20.6%
9
Singapore
DKK 157446
21.3%
10
Japan
DKK 156129
21.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 155408
22.3%
12
Philippines
DKK 150127
24.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 144700
27.6%
14
China
DKK 135489
32.2%
15
India
DKK 129785
35.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 180769
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 176087
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 175225
12.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 170002
15.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 163442
18.3%
5
Panama
DKK 162820
18.6%
6
Chile
DKK 160363
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 154240
22.9%
8
Peru
DKK 152811
23.6%
9
Brazil
DKK 148890
25.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 144400
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 129912
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 156843
21.6%
1
Angola
DKK 146670
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 145449
27.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 143507
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 139246
30.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 138716
30.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 136987
31.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 136870
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 132020
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 130365
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 127975
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 125008
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 189943
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 189943
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 183945
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 183945
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 179946
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 177947
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 167500
16.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 151890
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 151280
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 117789
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.