Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
179,520 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,968 kr
Communal tax
- 37,704 kr
Church tax
- 1,763 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 60,571 kr
Net pay
* 118,949 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
118,949 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
60,571 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
74,492 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 179,520 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
38.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 38.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 179,520 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 60,571 kr. That means that your net pay will be 118,949 kr per year, or 9,912 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.51 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.49 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,325 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 161898
9.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 159461
11.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 157464
12.3%
3
Russia
DKK 156182
13.0%
4
France
DKK 152725
14.9%
5
Norway
DKK 147948
17.6%
6
Hungary
DKK 146309
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 146187
18.6%
8
Austria
DKK 145014
19.2%
9
Ukraine
DKK 144514
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 143418
20.1%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 141911
21.0%
12
Italy
DKK 130637
27.2%
13
Greece
DKK 129415
27.9%
14
Germany
DKK 129337
28.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 129340
28.0%
16
Poland
DKK 123361
31.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 120354
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 118745
33.9%
19
Portugal
DKK 115675
35.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 112969
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 107264
40.3%
22
Romania
DKK 105019
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 149491
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 133235
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 169128
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 160933
10.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 159309
11.3%
3
Australia
DKK 157703
12.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 150609
16.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 149699
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 144941
19.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 144333
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 143578
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 141972
20.9%
10
Japan
DKK 141963
20.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 141809
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 136344
24.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 131294
26.9%
14
China
DKK 125292
30.2%
15
India
DKK 118187
34.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 162307
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 159088
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 158777
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 154285
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 149157
16.9%
5
Panama
DKK 147373
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 144667
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 140286
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 137658
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 134086
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 130246
27.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 116639
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 143311
20.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 132009
26.5%
2
Angola
DKK 131814
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 129213
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 125738
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125678
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124613
30.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 122980
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 118747
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 117932
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 115723
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 112450
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 170544
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 170544
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 165158
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 165158
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 161568
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 159773
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152046
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136575
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 135965
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 105740
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.