Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
217,344 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,175 kr
Communal tax
- 43,748 kr
Church tax
- 2,075 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 71,133 kr
Net pay
* 146,211 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
146,211 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
71,133 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
85,055 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 217,344 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 217,344 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 71,133 kr. That means that your net pay will be 146,211 kr per year, or 12,184 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.51 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,426 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 192584
11.4%
1
Russia
DKK 189089
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 186078
14.4%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 182711
15.9%
4
France
DKK 182042
16.2%
5
Hungary
DKK 177135
18.5%
6
Ukraine
DKK 174962
19.5%
7
Norway
DKK 172912
20.4%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 171568
21.1%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 169901
21.8%
10
Spain
DKK 168502
22.5%
11
Austria
DKK 165930
23.7%
12
Sweden
DKK 154685
28.8%
13
Greece
DKK 153038
29.6%
14
Germany
DKK 150570
30.7%
15
Italy
DKK 147679
32.1%
16
Poland
DKK 147513
32.1%
17
Denmark
DKK 146124
32.8%
18
Finland
DKK 141319
35.0%
19
Netherlands
DKK 136774
37.1%
20
Portugal
DKK 135521
37.7%
21
Romania
DKK 127146
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 119507
45.0%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 177477
18.3%
1
Canada
DKK 160626
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 202917
6.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 193631
10.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 188878
13.1%
3
Australia
DKK 186143
14.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 180145
17.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 178254
18.0%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 174215
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 171850
20.9%
8
Singapore
DKK 170492
21.6%
9
Pakistan
DKK 170472
21.6%
10
Japan
DKK 167988
22.7%
11
Malaysia
DKK 166625
23.3%
12
Philippines
DKK 161875
25.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 155604
28.4%
14
China
DKK 146279
32.7%
15
India
DKK 139671
35.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 196504
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 190245
12.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 189244
12.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 183393
15.6%
4
Panama
DKK 175987
19.0%
5
Colombia
DKK 175631
19.2%
6
Chile
DKK 173556
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 165940
23.7%
8
Peru
DKK 165553
23.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 161508
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 157008
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 141225
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 168037
22.7%
1
Angola
DKK 159331
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 156762
27.9%
3
Kenya
DKK 155689
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 150759
30.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 149518
31.2%
6
Nigeria
DKK 148708
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 147534
32.1%
8
Uganda
DKK 143333
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 140961
35.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 138418
36.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 135712
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 206477
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 206477
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 199957
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 199956
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 195610
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 193436
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 180531
16.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 164943
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 164333
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 127925
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.