Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
180,856 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,116 kr
Communal tax
- 37,268 kr
Church tax
- 1,560 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 60,080 kr
Net pay
* 120,776 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
120,776 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
60,080 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
74,001 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 180,856 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 180,856 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 60,080 kr. That means that your net pay will be 120,776 kr per year, or 10,065 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 162962
9.9%
1
Ireland
DKK 160334
11.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 158355
12.4%
3
Russia
DKK 157345
13.0%
4
France
DKK 153799
15.0%
5
Norway
DKK 148830
17.7%
6
Hungary
DKK 147398
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 147144
18.6%
8
Austria
DKK 145944
19.3%
9
Ukraine
DKK 145589
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 144349
20.2%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 142900
21.0%
12
Italy
DKK 131397
27.4%
13
Greece
DKK 130286
28.0%
14
Sweden
DKK 130235
28.0%
15
Germany
DKK 130093
28.1%
16
Poland
DKK 124214
31.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 121253
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 119574
33.9%
19
Portugal
DKK 116402
35.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 113810
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 107823
40.4%
22
Romania
DKK 105801
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 150480
16.8%
1
Canada
DKK 134186
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 170346
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 162088
10.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 160378
11.3%
3
Australia
DKK 158758
12.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 151653
16.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 150783
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 145843
19.4%
7
Indonesia
DKK 145305
19.7%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 144660
20.0%
9
Japan
DKK 142913
21.0%
10
Malaysia
DKK 142852
21.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 142832
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 137246
24.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 132188
26.9%
14
China
DKK 125958
30.4%
15
India
DKK 118945
34.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 163515
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 160200
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 159853
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 155313
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 150093
17.0%
5
Panama
DKK 148383
18.0%
6
Chile
DKK 145716
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 141200
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 138663
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 135054
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 131153
27.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 117508
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 144207
20.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 132896
26.5%
2
Angola
DKK 132786
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 130148
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 126622
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 126531
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 125422
30.7%
7
Nigeria
DKK 123889
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 119615
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 118746
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 116525
35.6%
11
Zambia
DKK 113272
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 171813
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 171813
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 166388
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 166387
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 162770
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 160962
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 153058
15.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 137577
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 136967
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 106552
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.