Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
166,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,464 kr
Communal tax
- 32,191 kr
Church tax
- 966 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,756 kr
Net pay
* 113,244 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
113,244 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,756 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,678 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 166,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.02 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 166,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,756 kr. That means that your net pay will be 113,244 kr per year, or 9,437 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 31.51 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.49 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 151125
9.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 150627
9.3%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 148439
10.6%
3
Russia
DKK 144420
13.0%
4
France
DKK 141855
14.6%
5
Norway
DKK 138874
16.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 136506
17.8%
7
Austria
DKK 135604
18.3%
8
Hungary
DKK 135290
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 133992
19.3%
10
Ukraine
DKK 133630
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 131907
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 122948
25.9%
13
Germany
DKK 121690
26.7%
14
Greece
DKK 120597
27.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 120277
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 114728
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 111258
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 110353
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 108317
34.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 104462
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 101613
38.8%
22
Romania
DKK 97110
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 139352
16.1%
1
Canada
DKK 123319
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 156805
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 149245
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 148493
10.6%
3
Australia
DKK 147022
11.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 140037
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 138733
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 135815
18.2%
7
Indonesia
DKK 134497
19.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 132837
20.0%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 132626
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 132167
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 131455
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 127218
23.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 122226
26.4%
14
China
DKK 116833
29.6%
15
India
DKK 110507
33.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 150083
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 147887
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 147633
11.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 143680
13.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 139687
15.9%
5
Panama
DKK 137145
17.4%
6
Chile
DKK 134041
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 130830
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 127484
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 124284
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 121064
27.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 107851
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 133982
19.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 123035
25.9%
2
Angola
DKK 121978
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 119749
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 116848
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 116795
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 116420
29.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 113784
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 109959
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 109700
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 107571
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 104135
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 157700
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 157700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 152720
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 152720
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 149400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 147740
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 141808
14.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 126435
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 125825
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 97340
41.4%
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.