Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
164,476 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,294 kr
Communal tax
- 33,830 kr
Church tax
- 1,416 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,676 kr
Net pay
* 109,800 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
109,800 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,676 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,598 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 164,476 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 164,476 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,676 kr. That means that your net pay will be 109,800 kr per year, or 9,150 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 149911
8.9%
1
Ireland
DKK 149631
9.0%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 147422
10.4%
3
Russia
DKK 143094
13.0%
4
France
DKK 140629
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 137840
16.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 135414
17.7%
7
Austria
DKK 134544
18.2%
8
Hungary
DKK 134048
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 132929
19.2%
10
Ukraine
DKK 132403
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 130779
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 122082
25.8%
13
Germany
DKK 120828
26.5%
14
Greece
DKK 119603
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 119256
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 113754
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 110233
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 109407
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 107488
34.7%
20
Netherlands
DKK 103503
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 100976
38.6%
22
Romania
DKK 96218
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138202
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122190
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 155416
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 147928
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 147261
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 145818
11.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 138846
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137497
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 134786
18.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133389
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 131796
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131392
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 130995
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 130288
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 126189
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 121203
26.3%
14
China
DKK 115770
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109642
33.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 148705
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 146659
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 146333
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142475
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138619
15.7%
5
Panama
DKK 135992
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 132836
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 129707
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 126337
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 123179
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 120029
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 106861
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 132931
19.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 122024
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 120870
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 118682
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 115845
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 115786
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115496
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 112747
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 108968
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 108773
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106642
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 103198
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 156252
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 156252
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 151318
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 151318
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 148028
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 146384
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 140635
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 125292
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 124682
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96376
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.