Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
174,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,354 kr
Communal tax
- 35,148 kr
Church tax
- 1,458 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 57,096 kr
Net pay
* 116,904 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
116,904 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
57,096 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
71,017 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 174,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 37.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 174,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 57,096 kr. That means that your net pay will be 116,904 kr per year, or 9,742 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 145386
16.4%
1
Canada
DKK 129250
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 164097
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 156161
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 154893
11.0%
3
Australia
DKK 153342
11.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 146292
15.9%
5
New Zealand
DKK 145222
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 141215
18.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 140317
19.4%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 139106
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 138299
20.5%
10
Japan
DKK 138038
20.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 137581
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 132618
23.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 127596
26.7%
14
China
DKK 122413
29.7%
15
India
DKK 115051
33.9%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 139502
19.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 128345
26.2%
2
Angola
DKK 127798
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 125349
28.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 122114
29.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 122087
29.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 121268
30.3%
7
Nigeria
DKK 119225
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 115159
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 114571
34.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 112411
35.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 109055
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 165300
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 165300
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 160080
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 160080
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 156600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 154860
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 147869
15.0%
7
Egypt
DKK 132435
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 131825
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 102387
41.2%
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.