Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
179,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,954 kr
Communal tax
- 36,962 kr
Church tax
- 1,160 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 59,213 kr
Net pay
* 120,187 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
120,187 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
59,213 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73,134 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 179,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 37.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179,400 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,213 kr. That means that your net pay will be 120,187 kr per year, or 10,016 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 161802
9.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 159383
11.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 157383
12.3%
3
Russia
DKK 156078
13.0%
4
France
DKK 152628
14.9%
5
Norway
DKK 147869
17.6%
6
Hungary
DKK 146211
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 146101
18.6%
8
Austria
DKK 144930
19.2%
9
Ukraine
DKK 144417
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 143334
20.1%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 141823
21.0%
12
Italy
DKK 130569
27.2%
13
Greece
DKK 129336
27.9%
14
Germany
DKK 129270
27.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 129259
28.0%
16
Poland
DKK 123284
31.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 120273
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 118670
33.9%
19
Portugal
DKK 115609
35.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 112893
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 107214
40.2%
22
Romania
DKK 104949
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 149402
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 133150
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 169019
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 160829
10.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 159213
11.3%
3
Australia
DKK 157608
12.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 150515
16.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 149602
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 144860
19.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 144246
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 143480
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 141893
20.9%
10
Japan
DKK 141878
20.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 141717
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 136263
24.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 131214
26.9%
14
China
DKK 125232
30.2%
15
India
DKK 118118
34.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 162198
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 158988
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 158680
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 154192
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 149073
16.9%
5
Panama
DKK 147282
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 144572
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 140204
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 137568
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 133999
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 130164
27.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 116561
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 143228
20.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 131930
26.5%
2
Angola
DKK 131727
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 129129
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 125659
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125602
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124540
30.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 122898
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 118669
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 117859
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 115651
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 112376
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 170430
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 170430
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 165048
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 165048
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 161460
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 159666
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 151956
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136485
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 135875
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 105667
41.1%
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.