Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
300,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 33,368 kr
Communal tax
- 62,771 kr
Church tax
- 2,339 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 99,614 kr
Net pay
* 200,386 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
200,386 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
99,614 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
113,536 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 300,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 36.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 300,000 kr a year living in the region of ODSHERRED, Denmark, you will be taxed 99,614 kr. That means that your net pay will be 200,386 kr per year, or 16,699 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 667 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,335 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 261000
13.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 257723
14.1%
2
Hungary
DKK 244500
18.5%
3
Ukraine
DKK 241500
19.5%
4
Ireland
DKK 240071
20.0%
5
United Kingdom
DKK 237884
20.7%
6
France
DKK 235233
21.6%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 231067
23.0%
8
Norway
DKK 227465
24.2%
9
Spain
DKK 222114
26.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 219759
26.8%
11
Austria
DKK 212266
29.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 211850
29.4%
13
Denmark
DKK 202128
32.6%
14
Greece
DKK 201436
32.9%
15
Germany
DKK 195065
35.0%
16
Poland
DKK 192542
35.8%
17
Netherlands
DKK 188790
37.1%
18
Finland
DKK 183858
38.7%
19
Italy
DKK 182579
39.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 176561
41.2%
21
Romania
DKK 175500
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 148832
50.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 238633
20.5%
1
Canada
DKK 215754
28.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 219463
26.9%
1
South Africa
DKK 219414
26.9%
2
Kenya
DKK 213549
28.8%
3
Mozambique
DKK 210488
29.8%
4
Ghana
DKK 205436
31.5%
5
Nigeria
DKK 204930
31.7%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 200709
33.1%
7
Morocco
DKK 197622
34.1%
8
Cameroon
DKK 191286
36.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 190022
36.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 188011
37.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 186545
37.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 285000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 285000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 276000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 276000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 270000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 267000
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 239080
20.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 226935
24.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 226325
24.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 176065
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the ODSHERRED 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.