Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
172,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,187 kr
Communal tax
- 33,477 kr
Church tax
- 1,005 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,804 kr
Net pay
* 117,696 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
117,696 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,804 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,726 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 172,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.98 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 172,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,804 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,696 kr per year, or 9,808 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 156304
9.4%
1
Ireland
DKK 154874
10.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 152778
11.4%
3
Russia
DKK 150075
13.0%
4
France
DKK 147081
14.7%
5
Norway
DKK 143287
16.9%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 141160
18.2%
7
Hungary
DKK 140588
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 140128
18.8%
9
Ukraine
DKK 138863
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 138523
19.7%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 136717
20.7%
12
Italy
DKK 126645
26.6%
13
Germany
DKK 125367
27.3%
14
Greece
DKK 124836
27.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 124634
27.8%
16
Poland
DKK 118878
31.1%
17
Denmark
DKK 115631
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 114387
33.7%
19
Portugal
DKK 111855
35.2%
20
Netherlands
DKK 108552
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 104330
39.5%
22
Romania
DKK 100913
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 144254
16.4%
1
Canada
DKK 128138
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 162730
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 154864
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 153693
10.9%
3
Australia
DKK 152157
11.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 145120
15.9%
5
New Zealand
DKK 144005
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 140203
18.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 139226
19.3%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 137891
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 137275
20.4%
10
Japan
DKK 136972
20.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 136433
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 131605
23.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 126590
26.6%
14
China
DKK 121367
29.6%
15
India
DKK 114199
33.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 155960
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 153181
11.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 153122
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 148819
13.7%
4
Colombia
DKK 144240
16.4%
5
Panama
DKK 142062
17.7%
6
Chile
DKK 139151
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 135482
21.5%
8
Peru
DKK 132375
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 128996
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 125478
27.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 112076
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 138467
19.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 127350
26.2%
2
Angola
DKK 126707
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 124299
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 121127
29.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 121094
29.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 120359
30.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 118205
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 114184
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 113658
34.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 111511
35.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 108133
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 163875
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 163875
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 158700
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 158700
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 155250
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 153525
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 146734
14.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 131310
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 130700
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 101450
41.2%
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.