Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
162,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,019 kr
Communal tax
- 33,310 kr
Church tax
- 1,394 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,859 kr
Net pay
* 108,142 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
108,142 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,859 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,781 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 162,001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 38.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 162,001 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,859 kr. That means that your net pay will be 108,142 kr per year, or 9,012 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 148014
8.6%
1
Switzerland
DKK 147938
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 145770
10.0%
3
Russia
DKK 140941
13.0%
4
France
DKK 138640
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 136159
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 133642
17.5%
7
Austria
DKK 132821
18.0%
8
Hungary
DKK 132031
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 131204
19.0%
10
Ukraine
DKK 130411
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 128947
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 120674
25.5%
13
Germany
DKK 119428
26.3%
14
Greece
DKK 117988
27.2%
15
Sweden
DKK 117597
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 112174
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 108568
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 107871
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 106141
34.5%
20
Netherlands
DKK 101946
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99941
38.3%
22
Romania
DKK 94771
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 136336
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 120355
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 153160
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 145788
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 145220
10.4%
3
Australia
DKK 143863
11.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 136910
15.5%
5
New Zealand
DKK 135489
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 133116
17.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 131588
18.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 130107
19.7%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 129387
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 129092
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 128393
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 124518
23.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 119542
26.2%
14
China
DKK 114043
29.6%
15
India
DKK 108236
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 146468
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 144665
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 144220
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 140518
13.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 136886
15.5%
5
Panama
DKK 134120
17.2%
6
Chile
DKK 130878
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 127883
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 124475
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 121384
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 118348
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 105252
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 131223
19.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 120381
25.7%
2
Angola
DKK 119069
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 116949
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 114216
29.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 114149
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 113996
29.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 111064
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 107360
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 107266
33.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 105132
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 101676
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 153901
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 153901
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 149041
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 149041
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 145801
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 144181
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 138731
14.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 123436
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 122826
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 94811
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.