Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
298,200 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 33,168 kr
Communal tax
- 60,037 kr
Church tax
- 2,491 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 96,832 kr
Net pay
* 201,368 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
201,368 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
96,832 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
110,754 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 298,200 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 35.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 298,200 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 96,832 kr. That means that your net pay will be 201,368 kr per year, or 16,781 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 259434
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 256331
14.0%
2
Hungary
DKK 243033
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 240051
19.5%
4
Ireland
DKK 239134
19.8%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 236682
20.6%
6
France
DKK 234093
21.5%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 229735
23.0%
8
Norway
DKK 226277
24.1%
9
Spain
DKK 221047
25.9%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 218861
26.6%
11
Austria
DKK 211228
29.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 210590
29.4%
13
Denmark
DKK 200917
32.6%
14
Greece
DKK 200447
32.8%
15
Germany
DKK 194138
34.9%
16
Poland
DKK 191591
35.8%
17
Netherlands
DKK 187657
37.1%
18
Finland
DKK 182944
38.7%
19
Italy
DKK 181748
39.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 175765
41.1%
21
Romania
DKK 174447
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 148091
50.3%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 237301
20.4%
1
Canada
DKK 214592
28.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 271109
9.1%
1
Taiwan
DKK 261459
12.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 249520
16.3%
3
South Korea
DKK 242186
18.8%
4
Kazakhstan
DKK 239708
19.6%
5
Australia
DKK 239104
19.8%
6
New Zealand
DKK 233547
21.7%
7
Singapore
DKK 229513
23.0%
8
Indonesia
DKK 227319
23.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 225050
24.5%
10
Japan
DKK 223087
25.2%
11
Malaysia
DKK 219155
26.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 215033
27.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 206117
30.9%
14
China
DKK 196410
34.1%
15
India
DKK 185597
37.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 269372
9.7%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 253595
15.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 251433
15.7%
3
Chile
DKK 244504
18.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 243230
18.4%
5
Panama
DKK 237154
20.5%
6
Colombia
DKK 232224
22.1%
7
Peru
DKK 224275
24.8%
8
Mexico
DKK 220296
26.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 220129
26.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 206574
30.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 193781
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 218316
26.8%
1
Angola
DKK 218154
26.8%
2
Kenya
DKK 212289
28.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 209318
29.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 204245
31.5%
5
Nigeria
DKK 203706
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 199594
33.1%
7
Morocco
DKK 196531
34.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 190190
36.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 189032
36.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 186931
37.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 185438
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 283290
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 283290
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 274344
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 274344
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 268380
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 265398
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 237813
20.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 225585
24.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 224975
24.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 175017
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.