Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
166,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,519 kr
Communal tax
- 34,254 kr
Church tax
- 1,434 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 55,344 kr
Net pay
* 111,156 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
111,156 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
55,344 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
69,265 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 166,500 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
38.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 38.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 166,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 55,344 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,156 kr per year, or 9,263 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 151523
9.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 150954
9.3%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 148773
10.7%
3
Russia
DKK 144855
13.0%
4
France
DKK 142257
14.6%
5
Norway
DKK 139214
16.4%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 136864
17.8%
7
Austria
DKK 135952
18.4%
8
Hungary
DKK 135697
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 134340
19.3%
10
Ukraine
DKK 134033
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 132277
20.6%
12
Italy
DKK 123233
26.0%
13
Germany
DKK 121973
26.7%
14
Greece
DKK 120923
27.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 120612
27.6%
16
Poland
DKK 115047
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 111594
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 110663
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 108590
34.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 104777
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 101822
38.9%
22
Romania
DKK 97403
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 139729
16.1%
1
Canada
DKK 123690
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 157261
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 149677
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 148893
10.6%
3
Australia
DKK 147417
11.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 140428
15.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 139139
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 136153
18.2%
7
Indonesia
DKK 134861
19.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 133178
20.0%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 133031
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 132551
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 131838
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 127555
23.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 122562
26.4%
14
China
DKK 117182
29.6%
15
India
DKK 110791
33.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 150535
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 148289
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 148060
11.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 144075
13.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 140037
15.9%
5
Panama
DKK 137523
17.4%
6
Chile
DKK 134437
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 131199
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 127860
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 124646
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 121403
27.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 108176
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 134327
19.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 123367
25.9%
2
Angola
DKK 122342
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 120099
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 117177
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 117125
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 116723
29.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 114124
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 110284
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 110005
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 107876
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 104443
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 158175
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 158175
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 153180
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 153180
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 149850
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 148185
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 142192
14.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 126810
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 126200
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 97656
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.