Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
167,388 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,618 kr
Communal tax
- 34,441 kr
Church tax
- 1,442 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 55,637 kr
Net pay
* 111,751 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
111,751 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
55,637 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
69,558 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 167,388 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 167,388 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 55,637 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,751 kr per year, or 9,313 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 152231
9.1%
1
Ireland
DKK 151534
9.5%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 149365
10.8%
3
Russia
DKK 145628
13.0%
4
France
DKK 142971
14.6%
5
Norway
DKK 139817
16.5%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 137500
17.9%
7
Austria
DKK 136570
18.4%
8
Hungary
DKK 136421
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 134959
19.4%
10
Ukraine
DKK 134747
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 132934
20.6%
12
Italy
DKK 123738
26.1%
13
Germany
DKK 122475
26.8%
14
Greece
DKK 121502
27.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 121208
27.6%
16
Poland
DKK 115614
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 112192
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 111215
33.6%
19
Portugal
DKK 109073
34.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 105335
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 102193
39.0%
22
Romania
DKK 97922
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 140399
16.1%
1
Canada
DKK 124348
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 158070
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 150445
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 149604
10.6%
3
Australia
DKK 148118
11.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 141123
15.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 139859
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 136752
18.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 135507
19.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 133785
20.1%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 133751
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 133234
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 132518
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 128155
23.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 123158
26.4%
14
China
DKK 117801
29.6%
15
India
DKK 111296
33.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 151338
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 149005
11.0%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 148818
11.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 144777
13.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 140659
16.0%
5
Panama
DKK 138195
17.4%
6
Chile
DKK 135135
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 131853
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 128528
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 125290
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 122006
27.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 108753
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 134940
19.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 123956
26.0%
2
Angola
DKK 122988
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 120720
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 117762
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 117713
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 117261
30.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 114728
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 110861
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 110546
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 108418
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 104989
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 159019
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 159019
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 153997
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 153997
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 150649
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 148975
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 142865
14.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 127476
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 126866
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 98218
41.3%
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.