Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
211,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,469 kr
Communal tax
- 42,530 kr
Church tax
- 1,764 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 68,899 kr
Net pay
* 142,101 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
142,101 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
68,899 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
82,821 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 211,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.93 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 211,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 68,899 kr. That means that your net pay will be 142,101 kr per year, or 11,842 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 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 3,425 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 172783
18.1%
1
Canada
DKK 155924
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 190768
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 185274
12.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 184134
12.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 178514
15.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 171187
18.9%
5
Panama
DKK 171187
18.9%
6
Chile
DKK 168747
20.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 161675
23.4%
8
Peru
DKK 160936
23.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 156909
25.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 152412
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 137101
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 200450
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 200450
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 194120
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 194120
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 189900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 187790
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 175871
16.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 160185
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 159575
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 124231
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.