Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
197,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 21,912 kr
Communal tax
- 36,789 kr
Church tax
- 1,399 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 61,235 kr
Net pay
* 135,765 kr
Marginal tax rate
29.9%
Average tax rate
31.1%
68.9%
Net pay
31.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
135,765 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
61,235 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
75,157 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 197,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.1% tax rate now rises to 35.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 197,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 61,235 kr. That means that your net pay will be 135,765 kr per year, or 11,314 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.1% and your marginal tax rate is 29.9%. 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 29.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 70.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 701 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,505 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 175826
10.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 171532
12.9%
2
Russia
DKK 171390
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 169131
14.2%
4
France
DKK 166406
15.5%
5
Hungary
DKK 160555
18.5%
6
Norway
DKK 159485
19.0%
7
Ukraine
DKK 158585
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 158123
19.7%
9
Austria
DKK 155334
21.2%
10
Spain
DKK 155166
21.2%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 154847
21.4%
12
Sweden
DKK 141055
28.4%
13
Greece
DKK 140458
28.7%
14
Germany
DKK 139170
29.4%
15
Italy
DKK 139053
29.4%
16
Poland
DKK 134522
31.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 132211
32.9%
18
Finland
DKK 129286
34.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 124935
36.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 123969
37.1%
21
Romania
DKK 115245
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 113354
42.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 162425
17.6%
1
Canada
DKK 145669
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 184872
6.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 176044
10.6%
2
Thailand
DKK 173139
12.1%
3
Australia
DKK 171512
12.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 164276
16.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 163419
17.1%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 157736
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 157050
20.3%
8
Pakistan
DKK 156740
20.4%
9
Singapore
DKK 155195
21.2%
10
Japan
DKK 154125
21.8%
11
Malaysia
DKK 153481
22.1%
12
Philippines
DKK 148143
24.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 142859
27.5%
14
China
DKK 134012
32.0%
15
India
DKK 128115
35.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 178111
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 173640
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 172857
12.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 167739
14.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 161386
18.1%
5
Panama
DKK 160596
18.5%
6
Chile
DKK 158134
19.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 152248
22.7%
8
Peru
DKK 150651
23.5%
9
Brazil
DKK 146759
25.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 142270
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 128001
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 154896
21.4%
1
Angola
DKK 144531
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 143538
27.1%
3
Kenya
DKK 141449
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 137301
30.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 136839
30.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 135205
31.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 134870
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 130109
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 128575
34.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 126211
35.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 123200
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 187150
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 187150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 181240
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 181240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 177300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 175330
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 165275
16.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 149685
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 149075
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 116077
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.