Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
212,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,625 kr
Communal tax
- 42,803 kr
Church tax
- 1,776 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 69,340 kr
Net pay
* 143,060 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
143,060 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
69,340 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
83,261 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 212,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 212,400 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 69,340 kr. That means that your net pay will be 143,060 kr per year, or 11,922 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.38 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.62 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,431 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 173819
18.2%
1
Canada
DKK 156961
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 198624
6.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 189357
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 185170
12.8%
3
Australia
DKK 182905
13.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 176317
17.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 174862
17.7%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 170210
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 168253
20.8%
8
Pakistan
DKK 167135
21.3%
9
Singapore
DKK 166890
21.4%
10
Japan
DKK 164619
22.5%
11
Malaysia
DKK 163439
23.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 158538
25.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 152507
28.2%
14
China
DKK 143214
32.6%
15
India
DKK 136862
35.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 192034
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 186371
12.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 185262
12.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 179591
15.5%
4
Panama
DKK 172246
18.9%
5
Colombia
DKK 172168
18.9%
6
Chile
DKK 169808
20.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 162616
23.4%
8
Peru
DKK 161963
23.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 157924
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 153427
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 138011
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 164873
22.4%
1
Angola
DKK 155734
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 153548
27.7%
3
Kenya
DKK 152229
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 147488
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 146456
31.1%
6
Nigeria
DKK 145345
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 144538
32.0%
8
Uganda
DKK 140119
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 137951
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 135451
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 132671
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 201780
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 201780
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 195408
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 195408
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 191160
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 189036
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 176930
16.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 161235
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 160625
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 125046
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.