Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
267,792 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 29,786 kr
Communal tax
- 53,776 kr
Church tax
- 2,231 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 86,929 kr
Net pay
* 180,863 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.5%
67.5%
Net pay
32.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
180,863 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
86,929 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
100,851 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 267,792 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.77 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 35.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 267,792 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 86,929 kr. That means that your net pay will be 180,863 kr per year, or 15,072 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 232979
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 232796
13.1%
2
Ireland
DKK 221285
17.4%
3
Hungary
DKK 218250
18.5%
4
United Kingdom
DKK 216385
19.2%
5
Ukraine
DKK 215573
19.5%
6
France
DKK 214845
19.8%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 207233
22.6%
8
Norway
DKK 206208
23.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 202091
24.5%
10
Spain
DKK 201388
24.8%
11
Austria
DKK 193438
27.8%
12
Sweden
DKK 189303
29.3%
13
Greece
DKK 183734
31.4%
14
Denmark
DKK 180459
32.6%
15
Germany
DKK 178046
33.5%
16
Poland
DKK 175873
34.3%
17
Italy
DKK 169930
36.5%
18
Netherlands
DKK 168518
37.1%
19
Finland
DKK 167490
37.5%
20
Portugal
DKK 161429
39.7%
21
Romania
DKK 156658
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 135564
49.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 214803
19.8%
1
Canada
DKK 194951
27.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 246228
8.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 237002
11.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 226714
15.3%
3
Australia
DKK 219186
18.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 218912
18.3%
5
Kazakhstan
DKK 215078
19.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 212867
20.5%
7
Singapore
DKK 207314
22.6%
8
Indonesia
DKK 206672
22.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 204525
23.6%
10
Japan
DKK 202366
24.4%
11
Malaysia
DKK 199495
25.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 195166
27.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 187210
30.1%
14
China
DKK 177557
33.7%
15
India
DKK 168325
37.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 242115
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 229771
14.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 228301
14.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 221202
17.4%
4
Chile
DKK 217016
19.0%
5
Panama
DKK 214150
20.0%
6
Colombia
DKK 210945
21.2%
7
Peru
DKK 202191
24.5%
8
Mexico
DKK 199854
25.4%
9
Brazil
DKK 198083
26.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 188109
29.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 174016
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 199762
25.4%
1
Angola
DKK 196032
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 191003
28.7%
3
Mozambique
DKK 189553
29.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 184130
31.2%
5
Nigeria
DKK 183023
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 180762
32.5%
7
Morocco
DKK 178104
33.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 172307
35.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 171677
35.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 168686
37.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 166737
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 254402
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 254402
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 246369
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 246369
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 241013
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 238335
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 216406
19.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 202779
24.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 202169
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 157307
41.3%
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.