Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
219,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 24,466 kr
Communal tax
- 44,606 kr
Church tax
- 1,627 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 71,834 kr
Net pay
* 148,126 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
148,126 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
71,834 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
85,756 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 219,960 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 219,960 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 71,834 kr. That means that your net pay will be 148,126 kr per year, or 12,344 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% 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 31.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.56 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 3,428 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 179412
18.4%
1
Canada
DKK 162566
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 198869
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 192294
12.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 191351
13.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 185405
15.7%
4
Panama
DKK 177966
19.1%
5
Colombia
DKK 177463
19.3%
6
Chile
DKK 175539
20.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 167699
23.8%
8
Peru
DKK 167453
23.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 163405
25.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 158903
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 142925
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 169712
22.8%
1
Angola
DKK 161234
26.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 158462
28.0%
3
Kenya
DKK 157521
28.4%
4
Ghana
DKK 152489
30.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 151138
31.3%
6
Nigeria
DKK 150487
31.6%
7
Morocco
DKK 149119
32.2%
8
Uganda
DKK 145033
34.1%
9
Cameroon
DKK 142554
35.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 139987
36.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 137320
37.6%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.