Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,947 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,014 kr
Communal tax
- 32,187 kr
Church tax
- 1,091 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,428 kr
Net pay
* 117,519 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
117,519 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,428 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,350 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 170,947 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
36.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 36.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,947 kr a year living in the region of Glostrup, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,428 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,519 kr per year, or 9,793 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.
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 155067
9.3%
1
Ireland
DKK 153860
10.0%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 151741
11.2%
3
Russia
DKK 148724
13.0%
4
France
DKK 145832
14.7%
5
Norway
DKK 142233
16.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 140048
18.1%
7
Hungary
DKK 139322
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 139047
18.7%
9
Ukraine
DKK 137612
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 137441
19.6%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 135567
20.7%
12
Italy
DKK 125762
26.4%
13
Germany
DKK 124488
27.2%
14
Greece
DKK 123823
27.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 123593
27.7%
16
Poland
DKK 117886
31.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 114586
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 113424
33.7%
19
Portugal
DKK 111009
35.1%
20
Netherlands
DKK 107575
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 103681
39.4%
22
Romania
DKK 100004
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 143083
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126987
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 161314
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 153522
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 152451
10.8%
3
Australia
DKK 150930
11.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 143905
15.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 142745
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 139154
18.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 138096
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 136633
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 136215
20.3%
10
Japan
DKK 135868
20.5%
11
Singapore
DKK 135243
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 130557
23.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 125547
26.6%
14
China
DKK 120283
29.6%
15
India
DKK 113317
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 154556
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 151871
11.2%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 151856
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 147591
13.7%
4
Colombia
DKK 143152
16.3%
5
Panama
DKK 140887
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 137931
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 134419
21.4%
8
Peru
DKK 131207
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 127870
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 124423
27.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 111067
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 137396
19.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 126319
26.1%
2
Angola
DKK 125577
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 123211
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 120104
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 120067
29.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 119418
30.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 117149
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 113175
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 112712
34.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 110579
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 107177
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 162400
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 162400
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 157271
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 157271
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 153852
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 152143
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 145558
14.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 130145
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 129535
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 100468
41.2%
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.