Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
198,900 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,123 kr
Communal tax
- 39,830 kr
Church tax
- 1,508 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 64,596 kr
Net pay
* 134,304 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.3%
Average tax rate
32.5%
67.5%
Net pay
32.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
134,304 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
64,596 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
78,518 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 198,900 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 36.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 198,900 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 64,596 kr. That means that your net pay will be 134,304 kr per year, or 11,192 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% and your marginal tax rate is 31.3%. 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 31.26 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.74 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 687 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,437 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 163830
17.6%
1
Canada
DKK 147020
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 186568
6.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 177687
10.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 174624
12.2%
3
Australia
DKK 173013
13.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 165762
16.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 164865
17.1%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 159275
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 158432
20.4%
8
Pakistan
DKK 158023
20.6%
9
Singapore
DKK 156650
21.2%
10
Japan
DKK 155420
21.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 154732
22.2%
12
Philippines
DKK 149425
24.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 144049
27.6%
14
China
DKK 134960
32.2%
15
India
DKK 129194
35.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 179828
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 175222
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 174387
12.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 169201
14.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 162715
18.2%
5
Panama
DKK 162034
18.5%
6
Chile
DKK 159574
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 153541
22.8%
8
Peru
DKK 152047
23.6%
9
Brazil
DKK 148136
25.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 143647
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 129236
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 156155
21.5%
1
Angola
DKK 145913
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 144773
27.2%
3
Kenya
DKK 142779
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 138558
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 138052
30.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 136357
31.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 136162
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 131344
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 129732
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 127351
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 124369
37.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.