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Income tax calculator DenmarkFind out how much your salary is after tax
Salary rate
Withholding
Salary 300,000 kr
Church tax - 2,267 kr
Communal tax - 61,100 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,13% - 33,368 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP) - 1,136 kr
Total tax - 97,872 kr
Net pay * 202,128 kr
Marginal tax rate 32.7%
Average tax rate 32.6%
32.6%Total tax
67.4%
Net pay
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202,128 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
97,872 kr
Tax you pay
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Total tax paid
kr 111,794
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 300,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend kr 10 of your hard-earned money, kr 3.73 goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 35.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary

If you make 300,000 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 97,872 kr. That means that your net pay will be 202,128 kr per year, or 16,844 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of kr 100 in your salary will be taxed kr 32.7, hence, your net pay will only increase by kr 67.3.

Bonus Example

A kr 1,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 673 of net incomes. A kr 5,000 bonus will generate an extra kr 3,365 of net incomes.

Tax per region
Country Net payAverage taxRank
ChristiansøDKK 287 5764.1%1
FrederiksbergDKK 209 88530.0%2
RudersdalDKK 209 02630.3%3
LangelandDKK 200 00433.3%93
LollandDKK 199 78933.4%94
LæsøDKK 199 62233.5%95
Europe
Country Net payAverage taxRank
IrelandDKK 265 45411.5%1
RussiaDKK 261 00013.0%2
SwitzerlandDKK 257 75714.1%3
PortugalDKK 176 56741.1%21
RomaniaDKK 168 74943.8%22
BelgiumDKK 148 83750.4%23
Asia / Pacific
Country Net payAverage taxRank
Hong KongDKK 271 2609.6%1
TaiwanDKK 263 43912.2%2
ThailandDKK 250 91016.4%3
VietnamDKK 205 85931.4%14
ChinaDKK 197 06834.3%15
IndiaDKK 185 80438.1%16
North America
Country Net payAverage taxRank
United States of AmericaDKK 237 89920.7%1
CanadaDKK 214 92928.4%2
Latin America
Country Net payAverage taxRank
GuatemalaDKK 270 7719.7%1
Puerto RicoDKK 254 12715.3%2
Costa RicaDKK 252 01016.0%3
MexicoDKK 221 44226.2%10
UruguayDKK 206 60531.1%11
ArgentinaDKK 194 95935.0%12
Africa
Country Net payAverage taxRank
AngolaDKK 219 40526.9%1
South AfricaDKK 217 42227.5%2
KenyaDKK 213 39428.9%3
UgandaDKK 189 03337.0%10
SenegalDKK 187 98837.3%11
ZambiaDKK 186 52537.8%12
Middle East
Country Net payAverage taxRank
QatarDKK 284 9995.0%1
BahrainDKK 276 0038.0%2
OmanDKK 275 9888.0%3
IsraelDKK 239 23520.3%7
EgyptDKK 226 80324.4%8
TurkeyDKK 175 86041.4%9
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa tables of DK, 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.