Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
230,880 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 25,680 kr
Communal tax
- 46,196 kr
Church tax
- 1,943 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 74,955 kr
Net pay
* 155,925 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.3%
Average tax rate
32.5%
67.5%
Net pay
32.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
155,925 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
74,955 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
88,877 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 230,880 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 36.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 230,880 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 74,955 kr. That means that your net pay will be 155,925 kr per year, or 12,994 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% and your marginal tax rate is 31.3%. 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 31.30 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.70 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 3,435 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 187492
18.8%
1
Canada
DKK 170378
26.2%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 176700
23.5%
1
Angola
DKK 169179
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 165560
28.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 165165
28.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 159713
30.8%
5
Nigeria
DKK 157915
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 157901
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 155736
32.6%
8
Uganda
DKK 152006
34.2%
9
Cameroon
DKK 149203
35.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 146539
36.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 144036
37.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 219336
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 219336
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 212410
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 212410
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 207792
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 205483
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 190300
17.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 175095
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 174485
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 135809
41.2%
10
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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.