Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
175,180 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,485 kr
Communal tax
- 34,818 kr
Church tax
- 1,384 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,823 kr
Net pay
* 118,357 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.2%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
118,357 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,823 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,744 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 175,180 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 37.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 175,180 kr a year living in the region of Herning, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,823 kr. That means that your net pay will be 118,357 kr per year, or 9,863 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.2%. 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 32.18 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.82 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 678 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,391 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 146276
16.5%
1
Canada
DKK 130125
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 158383
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 155468
11.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 155281
11.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 150938
13.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 146117
16.6%
5
Panama
DKK 144089
17.8%
6
Chile
DKK 141257
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 137316
21.6%
8
Peru
DKK 134392
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 130939
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 127298
27.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 113818
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 166421
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 166421
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 161166
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 161166
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 157662
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 155910
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 148762
15.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 133320
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 132710
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 103104
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herning 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.