Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
164,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,241 kr
Communal tax
- 33,730 kr
Church tax
- 1,412 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,519 kr
Net pay
* 109,481 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
109,481 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,519 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,440 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 164,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.17 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 164,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,519 kr. That means that your net pay will be 109,481 kr per year, or 9,123 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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.
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 149531
8.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 149320
9.0%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 147104
10.3%
3
Russia
DKK 142680
13.0%
4
France
DKK 140247
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 137517
16.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 135073
17.6%
7
Austria
DKK 134212
18.2%
8
Hungary
DKK 133660
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 132597
19.2%
10
Ukraine
DKK 132020
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 130427
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 121811
25.7%
13
Germany
DKK 120559
26.5%
14
Greece
DKK 119292
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 118937
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 113450
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 109913
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 109112
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 107229
34.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 103204
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 100777
38.6%
22
Romania
DKK 95940
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 137843
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 121837
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 154982
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 147516
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 146868
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 145442
11.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 138473
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137111
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 134465
18.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133042
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 131471
19.8%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131006
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 130629
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 129923
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 125868
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 120884
26.3%
14
China
DKK 115438
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109371
33.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 148275
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 146276
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 145926
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142098
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138286
15.7%
5
Panama
DKK 135632
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 132459
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 129356
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 125979
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 122834
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 119705
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 106551
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 132602
19.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 121708
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 120523
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 118349
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 115532
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 115472
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115208
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 112423
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 108659
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 108483
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106351
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 102905
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 155800
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 155800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 150880
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 150880
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 147600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 145960
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 140269
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 124935
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 124325
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96075
41.4%
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.