Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
216,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,026 kr
Communal tax
- 43,505 kr
Church tax
- 1,805 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 70,472 kr
Net pay
* 145,536 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
145,536 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
70,472 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
84,394 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 216,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 216,008 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 70,472 kr. That means that your net pay will be 145,536 kr per year, or 12,128 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 191480
11.4%
1
Russia
DKK 187927
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 185122
14.3%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 181819
15.8%
4
France
DKK 181015
16.2%
5
Hungary
DKK 176047
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 173886
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 172030
20.4%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 170685
21.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 168913
21.8%
10
Spain
DKK 167627
22.4%
11
Austria
DKK 165234
23.5%
12
Sweden
DKK 153790
28.8%
13
Greece
DKK 152212
29.5%
14
Germany
DKK 149822
30.6%
15
Italy
DKK 147112
31.9%
16
Poland
DKK 146660
32.1%
17
Denmark
DKK 145210
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 140529
34.9%
19
Netherlands
DKK 135933
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 134826
37.6%
21
Romania
DKK 126365
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 119103
44.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 176488
18.3%
1
Canada
DKK 159636
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 201761
6.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 192477
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 187876
13.0%
3
Australia
DKK 185268
14.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 179112
17.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 177338
17.9%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 173133
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 170878
20.9%
8
Pakistan
DKK 169571
21.5%
9
Singapore
DKK 169519
21.5%
10
Japan
DKK 167078
22.7%
11
Malaysia
DKK 165764
23.3%
12
Philippines
DKK 160973
25.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 154767
28.4%
14
China
DKK 145451
32.7%
15
India
DKK 138912
35.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 195296
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 189198
12.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 188168
12.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 182365
15.6%
4
Panama
DKK 174976
19.0%
5
Colombia
DKK 174695
19.1%
6
Chile
DKK 172543
20.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 165042
23.6%
8
Peru
DKK 164583
23.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 160540
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 156040
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 140356
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 167182
22.6%
1
Angola
DKK 158359
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 155894
27.8%
3
Kenya
DKK 154754
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 149875
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 148691
31.2%
6
Nigeria
DKK 147799
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 146724
32.1%
8
Uganda
DKK 142464
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 140148
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 137616
36.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 134890
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 205208
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 205208
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 198727
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 198727
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 194407
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 192247
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 179567
16.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 163941
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 163331
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 127147
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.