Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
229,840 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 25,565 kr
Communal tax
- 45,812 kr
Church tax
- 1,752 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 74,265 kr
Net pay
* 155,575 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.2%
Average tax rate
32.3%
67.7%
Net pay
32.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
155,575 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
74,265 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
88,186 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 229,840 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.3% tax rate now rises to 36.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 229,840 kr a year living in the region of Slagelse, Denmark, you will be taxed 74,265 kr. That means that your net pay will be 155,575 kr per year, or 12,965 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.3% and your marginal tax rate is 31.2%. 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 31.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.85 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 202911
11.7%
1
Russia
DKK 199961
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 195012
15.2%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 191052
16.9%
4
France
DKK 190821
17.0%
5
Hungary
DKK 187320
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 185021
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 181160
21.2%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 179487
21.9%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 179148
22.1%
10
Spain
DKK 176674
23.1%
11
Austria
DKK 172569
24.9%
12
Sweden
DKK 163088
29.0%
13
Greece
DKK 160759
30.1%
14
Germany
DKK 157477
31.5%
15
Poland
DKK 155492
32.4%
16
Denmark
DKK 154681
32.7%
17
Italy
DKK 153156
33.4%
18
Finland
DKK 148203
35.5%
19
Netherlands
DKK 144638
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 142021
38.2%
21
Romania
DKK 134456
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 123297
46.4%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 186723
18.8%
1
Canada
DKK 169670
26.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 213731
7.0%
1
Taiwan
DKK 204434
11.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 198250
13.7%
3
Australia
DKK 194328
15.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 189808
17.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 186828
18.7%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 184337
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 180707
21.4%
8
Singapore
DKK 179594
21.9%
9
Pakistan
DKK 178907
22.2%
10
Japan
DKK 176504
23.2%
11
Malaysia
DKK 174722
24.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 170219
25.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 163433
28.9%
14
China
DKK 154027
33.0%
15
India
DKK 146768
36.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 207802
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 200035
13.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 199152
13.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 193003
16.0%
4
Panama
DKK 185440
19.3%
5
Colombia
DKK 184377
19.8%
6
Chile
DKK 183129
20.3%
7
Peru
DKK 174628
24.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 174340
24.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 170568
25.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 165063
28.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 149347
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 176035
23.4%
1
Angola
DKK 168422
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 164884
28.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 164437
28.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 159025
30.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 157257
31.6%
6
Nigeria
DKK 157208
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 155106
32.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 151434
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 148569
35.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 145915
36.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 143397
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 218348
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 218348
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 211453
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 211453
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 206856
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 204557
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 189549
17.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 174315
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 173705
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 135203
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Slagelse 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.