Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,913 kr
Communal tax
- 32,013 kr
Church tax
- 1,085 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,147 kr
Net pay
* 116,893 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.3%
68.7%
Net pay
31.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
116,893 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,147 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,069 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 170,040 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.94 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 36.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,040 kr a year living in the region of Glostrup, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,147 kr. That means that your net pay will be 116,893 kr per year, or 9,741 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.3% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 154344
9.2%
1
Ireland
DKK 153267
9.9%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 151136
11.1%
3
Russia
DKK 147935
13.0%
4
France
DKK 145103
14.7%
5
Norway
DKK 141617
16.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 139399
18.0%
7
Hungary
DKK 138583
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 138416
18.6%
9
Ukraine
DKK 136882
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 136808
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 134896
20.7%
12
Italy
DKK 125246
26.3%
13
Germany
DKK 123975
27.1%
14
Greece
DKK 123232
27.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 122985
27.7%
16
Poland
DKK 117307
31.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 113976
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 112861
33.6%
19
Portugal
DKK 110516
35.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 107004
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 103301
39.3%
22
Romania
DKK 99473
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 142399
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126314
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 160487
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 152738
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 151725
10.8%
3
Australia
DKK 150213
11.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 143196
15.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 142010
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 138542
18.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 137436
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 135899
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 135595
20.3%
10
Japan
DKK 135223
20.5%
11
Singapore
DKK 134549
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 129945
23.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 124938
26.5%
14
China
DKK 119651
29.6%
15
India
DKK 112802
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 153736
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 151141
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 151081
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 146874
13.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 142517
16.2%
5
Panama
DKK 140201
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 137218
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 133798
21.3%
8
Peru
DKK 130524
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 127213
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 123807
27.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 110477
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 136770
19.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 125717
26.1%
2
Angola
DKK 124918
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 122577
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 119507
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 119467
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 118868
30.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 116532
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 112585
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 112160
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 110035
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 106620
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 161538
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 161538
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 156437
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 156437
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 153036
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 151336
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 144872
14.8%
7
Egypt
DKK 129465
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 128855
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 99895
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Glostrup 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.