Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,909 kr
Communal tax
- 34,325 kr
Church tax
- 1,424 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 55,793 kr
Net pay
* 114,207 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
114,207 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
55,793 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
69,715 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 170,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 37.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 55,793 kr. That means that your net pay will be 114,207 kr per year, or 9,517 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 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 154312
9.2%
1
Ireland
DKK 153241
9.9%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 151109
11.1%
3
Russia
DKK 147900
13.0%
4
France
DKK 145071
14.7%
5
Norway
DKK 141590
16.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 139370
18.0%
7
Hungary
DKK 138550
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 138388
18.6%
9
Ukraine
DKK 136850
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 136780
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 134867
20.7%
12
Italy
DKK 125223
26.3%
13
Germany
DKK 123953
27.1%
14
Greece
DKK 123205
27.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 122958
27.7%
16
Poland
DKK 117282
31.0%
17
Denmark
DKK 113949
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 112836
33.6%
19
Portugal
DKK 110494
35.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 106979
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 103285
39.2%
22
Romania
DKK 99450
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 142369
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126285
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 160451
5.6%
1
Taiwan
DKK 152703
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 151693
10.8%
3
Australia
DKK 150182
11.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 143165
15.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 141977
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 138515
18.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 137407
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 135866
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 135568
20.3%
10
Japan
DKK 135194
20.5%
11
Singapore
DKK 134518
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 129918
23.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 124911
26.5%
14
China
DKK 119623
29.6%
15
India
DKK 112779
33.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 153700
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 151109
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 151047
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 146842
13.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 142489
16.2%
5
Panama
DKK 140171
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 137187
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 133771
21.3%
8
Peru
DKK 130494
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 127184
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 123780
27.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 110451
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 136742
19.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 125690
26.1%
2
Angola
DKK 124888
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 122549
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 119481
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 119441
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 118844
30.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 116504
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 112559
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 112136
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 110011
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 106595
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 161500
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 161500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 156400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 156400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 153000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 151300
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 144842
14.8%
7
Egypt
DKK 129435
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 128825
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 99869
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.