Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
222,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,693 kr
Communal tax
- 44,300 kr
Church tax
- 1,677 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 71,805 kr
Net pay
* 150,195 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.1%
Average tax rate
32.3%
67.7%
Net pay
32.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
150,195 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
71,805 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
85,727 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 222,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.86 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.3% tax rate now rises to 36.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 71,805 kr. That means that your net pay will be 150,195 kr per year, or 12,516 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.3% and your marginal tax rate is 31.1%. 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 31.14 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.86 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 689 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,443 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 196432
11.5%
1
Russia
DKK 193140
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 189407
14.7%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 185819
16.3%
4
France
DKK 185621
16.4%
5
Hungary
DKK 180930
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 178710
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 175985
20.7%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 174646
21.3%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 173347
21.9%
10
Spain
DKK 171555
22.7%
11
Austria
DKK 168355
24.2%
12
Sweden
DKK 157807
28.9%
13
Greece
DKK 155917
29.8%
14
Germany
DKK 153179
31.0%
15
Poland
DKK 150486
32.2%
16
Italy
DKK 149653
32.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 149312
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 144073
35.1%
19
Netherlands
DKK 139704
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 137944
37.9%
21
Romania
DKK 129870
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 120916
45.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 180922
18.5%
1
Canada
DKK 164078
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 206947
6.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 197657
11.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 192370
13.4%
3
Australia
DKK 189193
14.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 183745
17.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 181449
18.3%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 177986
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 175237
21.1%
8
Singapore
DKK 173883
21.7%
9
Pakistan
DKK 173615
21.8%
10
Japan
DKK 171161
22.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 169626
23.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 165005
25.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 158521
28.6%
14
China
DKK 149166
32.8%
15
India
DKK 142315
35.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 200714
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 193893
12.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 192995
13.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 186973
15.8%
4
Panama
DKK 179509
19.1%
5
Colombia
DKK 178892
19.4%
6
Chile
DKK 177086
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 169070
23.8%
8
Peru
DKK 168935
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 164884
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 160302
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 144251
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 171017
23.0%
1
Angola
DKK 162718
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 159788
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 158949
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 153839
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 152402
31.4%
6
Nigeria
DKK 151875
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 150355
32.3%
8
Uganda
DKK 146359
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 143796
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 141211
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 138575
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 210900
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 210900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 204240
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 204240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 199800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 197580
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 183891
17.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 168435
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 167825
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 130637
41.2%
10
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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.