Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
180,492 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,076 kr
Communal tax
- 37,191 kr
Church tax
- 1,557 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 59,960 kr
Net pay
* 120,532 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
120,532 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
59,960 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73,881 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 180,492 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.09 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 180,492 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,960 kr. That means that your net pay will be 120,532 kr per year, or 10,044 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 150210
16.8%
1
Canada
DKK 133927
25.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 163186
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 159897
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 159560
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 155033
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 149838
17.0%
5
Panama
DKK 148108
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 145430
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 140951
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 138389
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 134790
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 130906
27.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 117271
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 171467
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 171467
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 166053
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 166053
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 162443
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 160638
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152782
15.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 137304
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 136694
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 106330
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.