Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
164,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,297 kr
Communal tax
- 33,245 kr
Church tax
- 1,666 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,343 kr
Net pay
* 110,157 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
110,157 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,343 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,264 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 164,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.15 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 164,500 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,343 kr. That means that your net pay will be 110,157 kr per year, or 9,180 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,361 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138220
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122208
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 155438
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 147948
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 147281
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 145837
11.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 138864
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137516
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 134803
18.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133406
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 131813
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131411
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 131014
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 130306
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 126205
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 121220
26.3%
14
China
DKK 115787
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109655
33.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 132947
19.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 122040
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 120887
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 118699
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 115861
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 115802
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115511
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 112763
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 108984
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 108787
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106656
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 103213
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 156275
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 156275
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 151340
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 151340
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 148050
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 146405
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 140654
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 125310
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 124700
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96391
41.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.