Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
177,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,687 kr
Communal tax
- 34,367 kr
Church tax
- 1,032 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,222 kr
Net pay
* 120,778 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
120,778 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,222 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,143 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 177,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 177,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,222 kr. That means that your net pay will be 120,778 kr per year, or 10,065 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 147627
16.6%
1
Canada
DKK 131443
25.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 168150
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 168150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 162840
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 162840
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 159300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 157530
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 150139
15.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 134685
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 134075
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 104209
41.1%
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.