Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
338,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 37,595 kr
Communal tax
- 69,553 kr
Church tax
- 2,426 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 110,710 kr
Net pay
* 227,290 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
227,290 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
110,710 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
124,632 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 338,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.69 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 35.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 2.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 338,000 kr a year living in the region of Middelfart, Denmark, you will be taxed 110,710 kr. That means that your net pay will be 227,290 kr per year, or 18,941 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.85 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.15 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,358 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 294060
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 286779
15.2%
2
Hungary
DKK 275470
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 272090
19.5%
4
United Kingdom
DKK 263249
22.1%
5
Ireland
DKK 259641
23.2%
6
France
DKK 259287
23.3%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 259187
23.3%
8
Norway
DKK 252545
25.3%
9
Spain
DKK 244484
27.7%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 238483
29.4%
11
Sweden
DKK 235936
30.2%
12
Austria
DKK 234034
30.8%
13
Denmark
DKK 227694
32.6%
14
Greece
DKK 222211
34.3%
15
Germany
DKK 214542
36.5%
16
Poland
DKK 213870
36.7%
17
Netherlands
DKK 212707
37.1%
18
Finland
DKK 203119
39.9%
19
Italy
DKK 200347
40.7%
20
Romania
DKK 197730
41.5%
21
Portugal
DKK 193281
42.8%
22
Belgium
DKK 164439
51.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 266749
21.1%
1
Canada
DKK 241248
28.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 303619
10.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 292682
13.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 279370
17.4%
3
South Korea
DKK 272309
19.4%
4
Kazakhstan
DKK 271946
19.5%
5
Australia
DKK 265173
21.6%
6
New Zealand
DKK 259660
23.2%
7
Singapore
DKK 258559
23.5%
8
Indonesia
DKK 254344
24.8%
9
Pakistan
DKK 251034
25.7%
10
Japan
DKK 250209
26.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 245041
27.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 241036
28.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 231203
31.6%
14
China
DKK 222049
34.3%
15
India
DKK 208203
38.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 304599
9.9%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 282344
16.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 281711
16.7%
3
Chile
DKK 278831
17.5%
4
Ecuador
DKK 269041
20.4%
5
Panama
DKK 267263
20.9%
6
Colombia
DKK 258905
23.4%
7
Peru
DKK 253087
25.1%
8
Brazil
DKK 248984
26.3%
9
Mexico
DKK 246951
26.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 230742
31.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 219651
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 247108
26.9%
1
South Africa
DKK 242188
28.4%
2
Kenya
DKK 240149
29.0%
3
Mozambique
DKK 235188
30.4%
4
Nigeria
DKK 230778
31.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 230573
31.8%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 224243
33.7%
7
Morocco
DKK 220650
34.7%
8
Cameroon
DKK 214423
36.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 210922
37.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 210811
37.6%
11
Zambia
DKK 209915
37.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 321100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 321100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 310960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 310960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 304200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 300820
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 265832
21.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 255435
24.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 254825
24.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 198197
41.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Middelfart 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.