Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
222,036 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,697 kr
Communal tax
- 44,660 kr
Church tax
- 2,118 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 72,611 kr
Net pay
* 149,425 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
149,425 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
72,611 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
86,532 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 222,036 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.90 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 222,036 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 72,611 kr. That means that your net pay will be 149,425 kr per year, or 12,452 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 180948
18.5%
1
Canada
DKK 164105
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 206978
6.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 197688
11.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 192397
13.4%
3
Australia
DKK 189216
14.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 183773
17.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 181474
18.3%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 178016
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 175263
21.1%
8
Singapore
DKK 173909
21.7%
9
Pakistan
DKK 173639
21.8%
10
Japan
DKK 171186
22.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 169649
23.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 165029
25.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 158544
28.6%
14
China
DKK 149188
32.8%
15
India
DKK 142336
35.9%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 171040
23.0%
1
Angola
DKK 162745
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 159812
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 158974
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 153862
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 152424
31.4%
6
Nigeria
DKK 151899
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 150377
32.3%
8
Uganda
DKK 146382
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 143818
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 141233
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 138597
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 210934
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 210934
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 204273
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 204273
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 199832
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 197612
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 183917
17.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 168462
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 167852
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 130658
41.2%
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.