Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
167,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,575 kr
Communal tax
- 33,707 kr
Church tax
- 1,398 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,816 kr
Net pay
* 112,184 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
112,184 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,816 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,738 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 167,000 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 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 167,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,816 kr. That means that your net pay will be 112,184 kr per year, or 9,349 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 151922
9.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 151281
9.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 149106
10.7%
3
Russia
DKK 145290
13.0%
4
France
DKK 142659
14.6%
5
Norway
DKK 139553
16.4%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 137222
17.8%
7
Austria
DKK 136300
18.4%
8
Hungary
DKK 136105
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 134689
19.4%
10
Ukraine
DKK 134435
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 132647
20.6%
12
Italy
DKK 123517
26.0%
13
Germany
DKK 122256
26.8%
14
Greece
DKK 121249
27.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 120947
27.6%
16
Poland
DKK 115366
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 111931
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 110974
33.6%
19
Portugal
DKK 108862
34.8%
20
Netherlands
DKK 105091
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 102031
38.9%
22
Romania
DKK 97695
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 140106
16.1%
1
Canada
DKK 124061
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 157717
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 150110
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 149293
10.6%
3
Australia
DKK 147812
11.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 140819
15.7%
5
New Zealand
DKK 139544
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 136490
18.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 135225
19.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 133520
20.1%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 133436
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 132936
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 132221
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 127893
23.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 122898
26.4%
14
China
DKK 117530
29.6%
15
India
DKK 111075
33.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 150987
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 148692
11.0%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 148487
11.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 144470
13.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 140387
15.9%
5
Panama
DKK 137901
17.4%
6
Chile
DKK 134830
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 131567
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 128237
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 125009
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 121743
27.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 108501
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 134672
19.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 123699
25.9%
2
Angola
DKK 122706
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 120449
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 117506
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 117456
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 117026
29.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 114464
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 110609
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 110309
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 108182
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 104750
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 158650
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 158650
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 153640
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 153640
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 150300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 148630
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 142571
14.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 127185
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 126575
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 97972
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.