Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
163,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,130 kr
Communal tax
- 31,597 kr
Church tax
- 948 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,811 kr
Net pay
* 111,189 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
111,189 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,811 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,733 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 163,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 37.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 163,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,811 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,189 kr per year, or 9,266 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,425 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 148735
8.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 148667
8.8%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 146436
10.2%
3
Russia
DKK 141810
13.0%
4
France
DKK 139443
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 136838
16.1%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 134357
17.6%
7
Austria
DKK 133516
18.1%
8
Hungary
DKK 132845
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 131900
19.1%
10
Ukraine
DKK 131215
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 129687
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 121242
25.6%
13
Germany
DKK 119993
26.4%
14
Greece
DKK 118640
27.2%
15
Sweden
DKK 118266
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 112812
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 109240
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 108491
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 106685
34.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 102575
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 100359
38.4%
22
Romania
DKK 95355
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 137089
15.9%
1
Canada
DKK 121096
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 154071
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 146652
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 146044
10.4%
3
Australia
DKK 144652
11.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 137692
15.5%
5
New Zealand
DKK 136300
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 133790
17.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 132315
18.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 130789
19.8%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 130196
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 129860
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 129158
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 125193
23.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 120213
26.3%
14
China
DKK 114740
29.6%
15
India
DKK 108803
33.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 147371
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 145470
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 145073
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 141308
13.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 137586
15.6%
5
Panama
DKK 134875
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 131668
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 128619
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 125227
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 122109
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 119026
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 105901
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 131912
19.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 121044
25.7%
2
Angola
DKK 119796
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 117649
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 114873
29.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 114810
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 114602
29.7%
7
Nigeria
DKK 111743
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 108009
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 107874
33.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 105741
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 102290
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 154850
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 154850
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 149960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 149960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 146700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 145070
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 139500
14.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 124185
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 123575
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 95443
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.