Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
164,502 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,297 kr
Communal tax
- 33,442 kr
Church tax
- 944 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,819 kr
Net pay
* 110,683 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
110,683 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,819 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,741 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 164,502 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 38.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 164,502 kr a year living in the region of Hvidovre, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,819 kr. That means that your net pay will be 110,683 kr per year, or 9,224 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 149931
8.9%
1
Ireland
DKK 149648
9.0%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 147439
10.4%
3
Russia
DKK 143117
13.0%
4
France
DKK 140650
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 137857
16.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 135433
17.7%
7
Austria
DKK 134562
18.2%
8
Hungary
DKK 134069
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 132947
19.2%
10
Ukraine
DKK 132424
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 130798
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 122097
25.8%
13
Germany
DKK 120843
26.5%
14
Greece
DKK 119620
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 119273
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 113771
30.8%
17
Denmark
DKK 110250
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 109423
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 107502
34.7%
20
Netherlands
DKK 103520
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 100986
38.6%
22
Romania
DKK 96234
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138222
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122209
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 155440
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 147950
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 147282
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 145838
11.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 138866
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137518
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 134804
18.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133408
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 131814
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131413
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 131015
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 130308
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 126207
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 121221
26.3%
14
China
DKK 115788
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109656
33.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 148729
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 146680
10.8%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 146355
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142495
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138638
15.7%
5
Panama
DKK 136012
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 132856
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 129726
21.1%
8
Peru
DKK 126357
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 123198
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 120046
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 106878
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 132949
19.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 122041
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 120889
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 118700
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 115862
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 115804
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115512
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 112765
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 108985
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 108788
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106658
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 103214
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 156277
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 156277
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 151342
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 151342
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 148052
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 146407
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 140655
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 125312
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 124702
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96392
41.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Hvidovre 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.