Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
165,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,353 kr
Communal tax
- 33,019 kr
Church tax
- 1,250 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,757 kr
Net pay
* 111,243 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
111,243 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,757 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,679 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 165,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 37.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 165,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,757 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,243 kr per year, or 9,270 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 150328
8.9%
1
Ireland
DKK 149974
9.1%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 147771
10.4%
3
Russia
DKK 143550
13.0%
4
France
DKK 141051
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 138195
16.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 135790
17.7%
7
Austria
DKK 134908
18.2%
8
Hungary
DKK 134475
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 133294
19.2%
10
Ukraine
DKK 132825
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 131167
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 122380
25.8%
13
Germany
DKK 121125
26.6%
14
Greece
DKK 119944
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 119607
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 114089
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 110585
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 109732
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 107773
34.7%
20
Netherlands
DKK 103833
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 101195
38.7%
22
Romania
DKK 96525
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138598
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122578
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 155894
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 148381
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 147693
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 146232
11.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 139255
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 137922
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 135140
18.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 133770
18.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 132154
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 131816
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 131398
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 130689
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 126543
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 121555
26.3%
14
China
DKK 116135
29.6%
15
India
DKK 109939
33.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 149179
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 147081
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 146780
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 142889
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 138986
15.8%
5
Panama
DKK 136388
17.3%
6
Chile
DKK 133250
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 130093
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 126732
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 123559
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 120385
27.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 107201
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 133292
19.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 122371
25.8%
2
Angola
DKK 121251
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 119049
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 116190
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 116133
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 115814
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 113103
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 109309
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 109092
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 106961
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 103520
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 156750
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 156750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 151800
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 151800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 148500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 146850
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 141038
14.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 125685
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 125075
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 96707
41.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.