Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
172,380 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,173 kr
Communal tax
- 35,489 kr
Church tax
- 1,486 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 57,283 kr
Net pay
* 115,097 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
115,097 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
57,283 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
71,205 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 172,380 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 172,380 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 57,283 kr. That means that your net pay will be 115,097 kr per year, or 9,591 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 156208
9.4%
1
Ireland
DKK 154796
10.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 152698
11.4%
3
Russia
DKK 149971
13.0%
4
France
DKK 146984
14.7%
5
Norway
DKK 143206
16.9%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 141074
18.2%
7
Hungary
DKK 140490
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 140045
18.8%
9
Ukraine
DKK 138766
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 138440
19.7%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 136628
20.7%
12
Italy
DKK 126577
26.6%
13
Germany
DKK 125299
27.3%
14
Greece
DKK 124758
27.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 124554
27.7%
16
Poland
DKK 118801
31.1%
17
Denmark
DKK 115550
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 114313
33.7%
19
Portugal
DKK 111789
35.2%
20
Netherlands
DKK 108476
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 104280
39.5%
22
Romania
DKK 100842
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 144164
16.4%
1
Canada
DKK 128049
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 162620
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 154761
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 153597
10.9%
3
Australia
DKK 152062
11.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 145026
15.9%
5
New Zealand
DKK 143908
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 140122
18.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 139139
19.3%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 137794
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 137193
20.4%
10
Japan
DKK 136886
20.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 136341
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 131524
23.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 126509
26.6%
14
China
DKK 121283
29.6%
15
India
DKK 114131
33.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 155851
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 153079
11.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 153026
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 148724
13.7%
4
Colombia
DKK 144156
16.4%
5
Panama
DKK 141971
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 139057
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 135400
21.5%
8
Peru
DKK 132285
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 128909
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 125397
27.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 111998
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 138384
19.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 127270
26.2%
2
Angola
DKK 126620
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 124215
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 121048
29.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 121015
29.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 120286
30.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 118123
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 114106
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 113585
34.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 111439
35.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 108059
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 163761
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 163761
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 158590
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 158590
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 155142
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 153418
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 146643
14.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 131220
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 130610
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 101375
41.2%
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.