Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
176,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,576 kr
Communal tax
- 36,248 kr
Church tax
- 1,517 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 58,478 kr
Net pay
* 117,522 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
117,522 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
58,478 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
72,399 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 176,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 38.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 176,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 58,478 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,522 kr per year, or 9,794 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 159093
9.6%
1
Ireland
DKK 157161
10.7%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 155114
11.9%
3
Russia
DKK 153120
13.0%
4
France
DKK 149895
14.8%
5
Norway
DKK 145625
17.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 143667
18.4%
7
Hungary
DKK 143440
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 142564
19.0%
9
Ukraine
DKK 141680
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 140964
19.9%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 139307
20.9%
12
Italy
DKK 128636
26.9%
13
Germany
DKK 127346
27.6%
14
Greece
DKK 127119
27.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 126980
27.9%
16
Poland
DKK 121113
31.2%
17
Denmark
DKK 117986
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 116560
33.8%
19
Portugal
DKK 113759
35.4%
20
Netherlands
DKK 110754
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 105793
39.9%
22
Romania
DKK 102960
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 146887
16.5%
1
Canada
DKK 130731
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 165920
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 157890
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 156493
11.1%
3
Australia
DKK 154922
12.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 147856
16.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 146844
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 142565
19.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 141772
19.5%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 140726
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 139655
20.7%
10
Japan
DKK 139460
20.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 139113
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 133968
23.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 128938
26.7%
14
China
DKK 123536
29.8%
15
India
DKK 116187
34.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 159124
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 156157
11.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 155942
11.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 151575
13.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 146691
16.7%
5
Panama
DKK 144710
17.8%
6
Chile
DKK 141901
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 137877
21.7%
8
Peru
DKK 135009
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 131534
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 127855
27.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 114351
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 140882
20.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 129673
26.3%
2
Angola
DKK 129253
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 126749
28.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 123430
29.9%
5
Ghana
DKK 123410
29.9%
6
Morocco
DKK 122480
30.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 120586
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 116459
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 115789
34.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 113611
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 110285
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 167200
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 167200
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 161920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 161920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 158400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 156640
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 149383
15.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 133935
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 133325
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 103602
41.1%
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.