Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,380 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,043 kr
Communal tax
- 1,908 kr
Church tax
- 70.81 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 47.33 kr
Total tax
- 3,070 kr
Net pay
* 6,310 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
6,310 kr
Net pay
580 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,070 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,650 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 580 kr to pay you 9,380 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.89 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 225,120 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 73,671 kr. That means that your net pay will be 151,449 kr per year, or 12,621 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 31.53 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.47 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 3,424 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 183230
18.6%
1
Canada
DKK 166391
26.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 203534
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 196337
12.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 195508
13.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 189373
15.9%
4
Panama
DKK 181869
19.2%
5
Colombia
DKK 181075
19.6%
6
Chile
DKK 179451
20.3%
7
Peru
DKK 171200
24.0%
8
Mexico
DKK 171167
24.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 167146
25.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 162197
28.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 146279
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 213864
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 213864
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 207110
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 207110
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 202608
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 200357
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 186143
17.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 170775
24.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 170165
24.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 132454
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.