Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
165,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,353 kr
Communal tax
- 33,321 kr
Church tax
- 1,579 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,388 kr
Net pay
* 110,612 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
110,612 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,388 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,310 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, 4.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, 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 Rebild, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,388 kr. That means that your net pay will be 110,612 kr per year, or 9,218 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.71 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.29 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,365 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138598
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122578
25.7%
2
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 Rebild 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.