Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
179,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,965 kr
Communal tax
- 36,983 kr
Church tax
- 1,548 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 59,632 kr
Net pay
* 119,868 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
119,868 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
59,632 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73,554 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 179,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 38.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,632 kr. That means that your net pay will be 119,868 kr per year, or 9,989 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 149476
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 133221
25.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 162289
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 159071
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 158761
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 154269
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 149143
16.9%
5
Panama
DKK 147358
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 144651
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 140272
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 137643
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 134071
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 130232
27.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 116626
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 170525
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 170525
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 165140
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 165140
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 161550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 159755
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152031
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136560
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 135950
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 105728
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.