Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,913 kr
Communal tax
- 34,997 kr
Church tax
- 1,099 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,145 kr
Net pay
* 113,895 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
113,895 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,145 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,067 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 170,040 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,040 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,145 kr. That means that your net pay will be 113,895 kr per year, or 9,491 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.23 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 142399
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126314
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 153736
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 151141
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 151081
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 146874
13.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 142517
16.2%
5
Panama
DKK 140201
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 137218
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 133798
21.3%
8
Peru
DKK 130524
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 127213
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 123807
27.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 110477
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 161538
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 161538
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 156437
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 156437
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 153036
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 151336
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 144872
14.8%
7
Egypt
DKK 129465
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 128855
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 99895
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.