Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
210,860 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 23,454 kr
Communal tax
- 42,318 kr
Church tax
- 1,780 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 68,687 kr
Net pay
* 142,173 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
142,173 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
68,687 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
82,609 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 210,860 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 36.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 210,860 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 68,687 kr. That means that your net pay will be 142,173 kr per year, or 11,848 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 31.42 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.58 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,429 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 172679
18.1%
1
Canada
DKK 155820
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 190642
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 185165
12.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 184021
12.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 178406
15.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 171089
18.9%
5
Panama
DKK 171081
18.9%
6
Chile
DKK 168641
20.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 161581
23.4%
8
Peru
DKK 160833
23.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 156807
25.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 152311
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 137010
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 163888
22.3%
1
Angola
DKK 154614
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 152547
27.7%
3
Kenya
DKK 151151
28.3%
4
Ghana
DKK 146469
30.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 145502
31.0%
6
Nigeria
DKK 144297
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 143604
31.9%
8
Uganda
DKK 139118
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 137013
35.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 134527
36.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 131724
37.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.