Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
164,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,242 kr
Communal tax
- 31,796 kr
Church tax
- 954 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,128 kr
Net pay
* 111,876 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
111,876 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,128 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,049 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 164,004 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
37.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 37.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 164,004 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,128 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,876 kr per year, or 9,323 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 137846
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 121840
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 148278
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 146279
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 145930
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142101
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138289
15.7%
5
Panama
DKK 135635
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 132462
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 129359
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 125982
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 122837
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 119708
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 106554
35.0%
12
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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.