Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
162,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,075 kr
Communal tax
- 30,695 kr
Church tax
- 971 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,877 kr
Net pay
* 111,623 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.3%
68.7%
Net pay
31.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
111,623 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
50,877 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,798 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 162,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.99 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 36.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 162,500 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,877 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,623 kr per year, or 9,302 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.3% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,450 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 148340
8.7%
1
Switzerland
DKK 148336
8.7%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 146103
10.1%
3
Russia
DKK 141375
13.0%
4
France
DKK 139041
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 136498
16.0%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 133999
17.5%
7
Austria
DKK 133168
18.1%
8
Hungary
DKK 132438
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 131552
19.1%
10
Ukraine
DKK 130813
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 129317
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 120958
25.6%
13
Germany
DKK 119710
26.3%
14
Greece
DKK 118314
27.2%
15
Sweden
DKK 117931
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 112493
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 108903
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 108180
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 106413
34.5%
20
Netherlands
DKK 102260
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 100150
38.4%
22
Romania
DKK 95062
41.5%
23
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.