Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
179,509 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,966 kr
Communal tax
- 36,985 kr
Church tax
- 1,548 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 59,635 kr
Net pay
* 119,874 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
119,874 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
59,635 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73,557 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 179,509 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 179,509 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,635 kr. That means that your net pay will be 119,874 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 149483
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 133227
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 169118
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 160924
10.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 159300
11.3%
3
Australia
DKK 157694
12.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 150600
16.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 149690
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 144934
19.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 144325
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 143569
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 141965
20.9%
10
Japan
DKK 141955
20.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 141800
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 136336
24.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 131286
26.9%
14
China
DKK 125287
30.2%
15
India
DKK 118180
34.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 162297
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 159079
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 158768
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 154276
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 149149
16.9%
5
Panama
DKK 147364
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 144658
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 140278
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 137650
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 134078
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 130238
27.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 116632
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 143303
20.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 132002
26.5%
2
Angola
DKK 131806
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 129205
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 125731
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125671
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124606
30.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 122972
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 118740
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 117925
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 115717
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 112443
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 170534
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 170534
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 165148
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 165148
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 161558
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 159763
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152038
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136567
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 135957
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 105733
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.