Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,991 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,111 kr
Communal tax
- 2,029 kr
Church tax
- 75.30 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 47.33 kr
Total tax
- 3,263 kr
Net pay
* 6,728 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.9%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
6,728 kr
Net pay
580 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,263 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
3,843 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 580 kr to pay you 9,991 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
36.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 36.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 239,784 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 78,315 kr. That means that your net pay will be 161,469 kr per year, or 13,456 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.0%. 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 31.95 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.05 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 681 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,403 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 194080
19.1%
1
Canada
DKK 176435
26.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 216792
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 207827
13.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 206816
13.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 200650
16.3%
4
Panama
DKK 192962
19.5%
5
Chile
DKK 191814
20.0%
6
Colombia
DKK 191334
20.2%
7
Peru
DKK 181850
24.2%
8
Mexico
DKK 181025
24.5%
9
Brazil
DKK 177777
25.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 171101
28.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 155811
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 182399
23.9%
1
Angola
DKK 175656
26.7%
2
Kenya
DKK 171397
28.5%
3
Mozambique
DKK 171348
28.5%
4
Ghana
DKK 165603
30.9%
5
Nigeria
DKK 163972
31.6%
6
Ivory Coast
DKK 163416
31.9%
7
Morocco
DKK 161132
32.8%
8
Uganda
DKK 156903
34.6%
9
Cameroon
DKK 154624
35.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 151882
36.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 149512
37.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 227795
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 227795
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 220601
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 220601
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 215806
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 213408
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 196688
18.0%
7
Egypt
DKK 181773
24.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 181163
24.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 140995
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.