Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
201,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,424 kr
Communal tax
- 40,981 kr
Church tax
- 1,093 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 65,633 kr
Net pay
* 135,967 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.3%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
135,967 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
65,633 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
79,555 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 201,600 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 32.6% tax rate now rises to 36.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 201,600 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 65,633 kr. That means that your net pay will be 135,967 kr per year, or 11,331 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.35 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.65 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 3,433 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 179573
10.9%
1
Russia
DKK 175392
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 174821
13.3%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 172202
14.6%
4
France
DKK 169941
15.7%
5
Hungary
DKK 164304
18.5%
6
Norway
DKK 162521
19.4%
7
Ukraine
DKK 162288
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 161163
20.1%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 158251
21.5%
10
Spain
DKK 158181
21.5%
11
Austria
DKK 157730
21.8%
12
Sweden
DKK 144137
28.5%
13
Greece
DKK 143303
28.9%
14
Germany
DKK 141747
29.7%
15
Italy
DKK 141003
30.1%
16
Poland
DKK 137460
31.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 135356
32.9%
18
Finland
DKK 132007
34.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 127329
36.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 126865
37.1%
21
Romania
DKK 117936
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 114745
43.1%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 165828
17.7%
1
Canada
DKK 148955
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 188979
6.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 180021
10.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 176734
12.3%
3
Australia
DKK 175146
13.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 167873
16.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 166920
17.2%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 161462
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 160396
20.4%
8
Pakistan
DKK 159845
20.7%
9
Singapore
DKK 158717
21.3%
10
Japan
DKK 157260
22.0%
11
Malaysia
DKK 156478
22.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 151248
25.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 145740
27.7%
14
China
DKK 136518
32.3%
15
India
DKK 130728
35.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 182270
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 177469
12.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 176562
12.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 171279
15.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 164603
18.4%
5
Panama
DKK 164076
18.6%
6
Chile
DKK 161621
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 155356
22.9%
8
Peru
DKK 154030
23.6%
9
Brazil
DKK 150094
25.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 145603
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 130991
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 157942
21.7%
1
Angola
DKK 147877
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 146528
27.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 144669
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 140344
30.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 139767
30.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 137993
31.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 137999
31.6%
8
Uganda
DKK 133099
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 131376
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 128971
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 126029
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 191520
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 191520
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 185472
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 185472
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 181440
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 179424
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 168757
16.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 153135
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 152525
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 118756
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.