Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,913 kr
Communal tax
- 32,990 kr
Church tax
- 990 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,029 kr
Net pay
* 116,011 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
116,011 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,029 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,951 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, 4 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 36.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,040 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,029 kr. That means that your net pay will be 116,011 kr per year, or 9,668 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 142399
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126314
25.7%
2
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.