Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
169,985 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,907 kr
Communal tax
- 35,393 kr
Church tax
- 1,424 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,859 kr
Net pay
* 113,126 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
113,126 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,859 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,781 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 169,985 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 38.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 169,985 kr a year living in the region of Faaborg-Midtfyn, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,859 kr. That means that your net pay will be 113,126 kr per year, or 9,427 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.21 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.79 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,340 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 142357
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126274
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 160437
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 152690
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 151681
10.8%
3
Australia
DKK 150170
11.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 143153
15.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 141965
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 138505
18.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 137396
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 135854
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 135558
20.3%
10
Japan
DKK 135184
20.5%
11
Singapore
DKK 134507
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 129908
23.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 124901
26.5%
14
China
DKK 119612
29.6%
15
India
DKK 112771
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 153686
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 151096
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 151035
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 146830
13.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 142478
16.2%
5
Panama
DKK 140159
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 137175
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 133761
21.3%
8
Peru
DKK 130483
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 127173
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 123770
27.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 110441
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 136732
19.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 125680
26.1%
2
Angola
DKK 124878
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 122538
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 119471
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 119431
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 118835
30.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 116494
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 112549
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 112127
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 110002
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 106586
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 161486
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 161486
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 156386
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 156386
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 152987
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 151287
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 144830
14.8%
7
Egypt
DKK 129424
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 128814
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 99860
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faaborg-Midtfyn 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.