Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
179,509 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,966 kr
Communal tax
- 36,282 kr
Church tax
- 1,505 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 58,890 kr
Net pay
* 120,619 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
120,619 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
58,890 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
72,812 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 179,509 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
37.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 37.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179,509 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 58,890 kr. That means that your net pay will be 120,619 kr per year, or 10,052 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 149483
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 133227
25.8%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 143303
20.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 132002
26.5%
2
Angola
DKK 131806
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 129205
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 125731
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125671
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124606
30.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 122972
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 118740
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 117925
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 115717
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 112443
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 170534
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 170534
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 165148
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 165148
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 161558
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 159763
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152038
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136567
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 135957
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 105733
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.