Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
200,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 22,246 kr
Communal tax
- 40,841 kr
Church tax
- 1,516 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 65,738 kr
Net pay
* 134,262 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.6%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
134,262 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
65,738 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
79,659 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 200,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.98 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 37.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 200,000 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 65,738 kr. That means that your net pay will be 134,262 kr per year, or 11,189 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.6%. 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 31.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 684 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,418 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 178251
10.9%
1
Russia
DKK 174000
13.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 173677
13.2%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 171134
14.4%
4
France
DKK 168711
15.6%
5
Hungary
DKK 163000
18.5%
6
Norway
DKK 161465
19.3%
7
Ukraine
DKK 161000
19.5%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 160106
20.0%
9
Spain
DKK 157132
21.4%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 157067
21.5%
11
Austria
DKK 156896
21.6%
12
Sweden
DKK 143065
28.5%
13
Greece
DKK 142313
28.8%
14
Germany
DKK 140851
29.6%
15
Italy
DKK 140325
29.8%
16
Poland
DKK 136438
31.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 134262
32.9%
18
Finland
DKK 131061
34.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 126496
36.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 125858
37.1%
21
Romania
DKK 117000
41.5%
22
Belgium
DKK 114261
42.9%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 164644
17.7%
1
Canada
DKK 147803
26.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 187551
6.2%
1
Taiwan
DKK 178638
10.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 175484
12.3%
3
Australia
DKK 173882
13.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 166622
16.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 165702
17.2%
6
Kazakhstan
DKK 160166
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 159232
20.4%
8
Pakistan
DKK 158765
20.6%
9
Singapore
DKK 157492
21.3%
10
Japan
DKK 156170
21.9%
11
Malaysia
DKK 155447
22.3%
12
Philippines
DKK 150168
24.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 144738
27.6%
14
China
DKK 135526
32.2%
15
India
DKK 129819
35.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 180823
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 176137
11.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 175274
12.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 170048
15.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 163484
18.3%
5
Panama
DKK 162866
18.6%
6
Chile
DKK 160408
19.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 154281
22.9%
8
Peru
DKK 152855
23.6%
9
Brazil
DKK 148934
25.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 144444
27.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 129951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 156883
21.6%
1
Angola
DKK 146713
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 145488
27.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 143549
28.2%
4
Ghana
DKK 139286
30.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 138754
30.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 137023
31.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 136910
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 132059
34.0%
9
Cameroon
DKK 130401
34.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 128011
36.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 125045
37.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 190000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 190000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 184000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 184000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 180000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 178000
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 167546
16.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 151935
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 151325
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 117824
41.1%
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.