Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
219,440 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,408 kr
Communal tax
- 44,173 kr
Church tax
- 1,833 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 71,549 kr
Net pay
* 147,891 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
147,891 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
71,549 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
85,470 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 219,440 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.89 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 36.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 219,440 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 71,549 kr. That means that your net pay will be 147,891 kr per year, or 12,324 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 179028
18.4%
1
Canada
DKK 162180
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 198399
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 191887
12.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 190932
13.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 185005
15.7%
4
Panama
DKK 177572
19.1%
5
Colombia
DKK 177099
19.3%
6
Chile
DKK 175145
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 167349
23.7%
8
Peru
DKK 167075
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 163028
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 158526
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 142587
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 208468
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 208468
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 201885
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 201885
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 197496
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 195302
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 182043
17.0%
7
Egypt
DKK 166515
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 165905
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 129146
41.2%
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.