Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
175,180 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,485 kr
Communal tax
- 35,391 kr
Church tax
- 1,468 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 57,480 kr
Net pay
* 117,700 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
117,700 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
57,480 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
71,402 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, 4.08 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 175,180 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 57,480 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,700 kr per year, or 9,808 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.
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 158439
9.6%
1
Ireland
DKK 156625
10.6%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 154567
11.8%
3
Russia
DKK 152407
13.0%
4
France
DKK 149235
14.8%
5
Norway
DKK 145084
17.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 143079
18.3%
7
Hungary
DKK 142772
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 141993
18.9%
9
Ukraine
DKK 141020
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 140392
19.9%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 138700
20.8%
12
Italy
DKK 128169
26.8%
13
Germany
DKK 126883
27.6%
14
Greece
DKK 126584
27.7%
15
Sweden
DKK 126431
27.8%
16
Poland
DKK 120589
31.2%
17
Denmark
DKK 117434
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 116051
33.8%
19
Portugal
DKK 113313
35.3%
20
Netherlands
DKK 110238
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 105450
39.8%
22
Romania
DKK 102480
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 146276
16.5%
1
Canada
DKK 130125
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 165172
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 157181
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 155837
11.0%
3
Australia
DKK 154274
11.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 147215
16.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 146179
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 142012
18.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 141176
19.4%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 140062
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 139105
20.6%
10
Japan
DKK 138877
20.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 138485
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 133414
23.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 128388
26.7%
14
China
DKK 123127
29.7%
15
India
DKK 115721
33.9%
16
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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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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 140316
19.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 129128
26.3%
2
Angola
DKK 128657
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 126175
28.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 122891
29.9%
5
Ghana
DKK 122867
29.9%
6
Morocco
DKK 121983
30.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 120028
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 115926
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 115290
34.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 113119
35.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 109781
37.3%
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 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.