Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
180,696 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,098 kr
Communal tax
- 36,527 kr
Church tax
- 1,515 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 59,276 kr
Net pay
* 121,420 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
121,420 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
59,276 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73,198 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 180,696 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.05 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 180,696 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,276 kr. That means that your net pay will be 121,420 kr per year, or 10,118 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 150361
16.8%
1
Canada
DKK 134072
25.8%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 171661
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 171661
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 166240
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 166240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 162626
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 160820
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152936
15.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 137457
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 136847
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 106454
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.