Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
164,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,242 kr
Communal tax
- 33,731 kr
Church tax
- 1,412 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,520 kr
Net pay
* 109,484 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
109,484 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,520 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,442 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 164,004 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 164,004 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,520 kr. That means that your net pay will be 109,484 kr per year, or 9,124 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 149534
8.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 149323
9.0%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 147107
10.3%
3
Russia
DKK 142683
13.0%
4
France
DKK 140250
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 137519
16.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 135076
17.6%
7
Austria
DKK 134215
18.2%
8
Hungary
DKK 133663
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 132600
19.2%
10
Ukraine
DKK 132023
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 130430
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 121813
25.7%
13
Germany
DKK 120561
26.5%
14
Greece
DKK 119295
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 118939
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 113453
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 109915
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 109114
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 107231
34.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 103206
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 100778
38.6%
22
Romania
DKK 95942
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 137846
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 121840
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 154986
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 147520
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 146872
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 145445
11.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 138477
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137114
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 134468
18.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133045
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 131474
19.8%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131010
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 130632
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 129926
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 125870
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 120887
26.3%
14
China
DKK 115441
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109373
33.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 148278
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 146279
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 145930
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142101
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138289
15.7%
5
Panama
DKK 135635
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 132462
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 129359
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 125982
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 122837
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 119708
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 106554
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 132605
19.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 121710
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 120526
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 118351
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 115534
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 115474
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115210
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 112426
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 108662
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 108485
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106354
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 102908
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 155804
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 155804
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 150884
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 150884
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 147604
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 145963
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 140272
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 124938
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 124328
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96078
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.