Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
165,002 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,353 kr
Communal tax
- 33,545 kr
Church tax
- 1,158 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,192 kr
Net pay
* 110,810 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
110,810 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,192 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,113 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 165,002 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 165,002 kr a year living in the region of Fredericia, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,192 kr. That means that your net pay will be 110,810 kr per year, or 9,234 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.59 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.41 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,371 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 150330
8.9%
1
Ireland
DKK 149975
9.1%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 147773
10.4%
3
Russia
DKK 143552
13.0%
4
France
DKK 141052
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 138197
16.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 135791
17.7%
7
Austria
DKK 134910
18.2%
8
Hungary
DKK 134477
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 133296
19.2%
10
Ukraine
DKK 132827
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 131168
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 122381
25.8%
13
Germany
DKK 121126
26.6%
14
Greece
DKK 119946
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 119608
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 114090
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 110587
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 109733
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 107774
34.7%
20
Netherlands
DKK 103834
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 101195
38.7%
22
Romania
DKK 96526
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138599
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122580
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 155895
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 148382
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 147695
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 146233
11.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 139257
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137923
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 135141
18.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133771
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 132156
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131818
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 131400
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 130691
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 126544
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 121557
26.3%
14
China
DKK 116137
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109940
33.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 149181
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 147083
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 146782
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142890
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138988
15.8%
5
Panama
DKK 136390
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 133252
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 130094
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 126733
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 123560
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 120386
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 107203
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 133294
19.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 122373
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 121252
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 119050
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 116191
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 116134
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115815
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 113105
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 109310
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 109093
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106963
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 103521
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 156752
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 156752
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 151802
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 151802
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 148502
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 146852
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 141040
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 125687
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 125077
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96709
41.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Fredericia 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.