Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
179,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,910 kr
Communal tax
- 36,178 kr
Church tax
- 1,501 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 58,724 kr
Net pay
* 120,276 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
120,276 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
58,724 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
72,646 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 179,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.06 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 58,724 kr. That means that your net pay will be 120,276 kr per year, or 10,023 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 161483
9.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 159121
11.1%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 157116
12.2%
3
Russia
DKK 155730
13.0%
4
France
DKK 152307
14.9%
5
Norway
DKK 147605
17.5%
6
Hungary
DKK 145885
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 145815
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 144652
19.2%
9
Ukraine
DKK 144095
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 143055
20.1%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 141527
20.9%
12
Italy
DKK 130342
27.2%
13
Greece
DKK 129075
27.9%
14
Germany
DKK 129043
27.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 128991
27.9%
16
Poland
DKK 123029
31.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 120004
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 118422
33.8%
19
Portugal
DKK 115392
35.5%
20
Netherlands
DKK 112642
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 107047
40.2%
22
Romania
DKK 104715
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 149106
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 132865
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 168654
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 160483
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 158893
11.2%
3
Australia
DKK 157292
12.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 150202
16.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 149277
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 144590
19.2%
7
Indonesia
DKK 143955
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 143156
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 141630
20.9%
10
Japan
DKK 141594
20.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 141410
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 135993
24.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 130946
26.9%
14
China
DKK 125033
30.2%
15
India
DKK 117891
34.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 161837
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 158655
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 158358
11.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 153885
14.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 148793
16.9%
5
Panama
DKK 146979
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 144258
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 139930
21.8%
8
Peru
DKK 137267
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 133709
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 129893
27.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 116301
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 142952
20.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 131664
26.4%
2
Angola
DKK 131436
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 128849
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 125394
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125346
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124298
30.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 122626
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 118409
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 117616
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 115411
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 112130
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 170050
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 170050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 164680
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 164680
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 161100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 159310
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 151653
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136185
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 135575
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 105424
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.