Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
175,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,465 kr
Communal tax
- 35,619 kr
Church tax
- 1,523 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 57,743 kr
Net pay
* 117,257 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
117,257 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
57,743 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
71,664 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 175,000 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
37.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 37.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 175,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 57,743 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,257 kr per year, or 9,771 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 32.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.24 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 3,362 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 146140
16.5%
1
Canada
DKK 129991
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 165008
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 157026
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 155693
11.0%
3
Australia
DKK 154132
11.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 147074
16.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 146033
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 141890
18.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 141045
19.4%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 139916
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 138982
20.6%
10
Japan
DKK 138749
20.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 138347
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 133293
23.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 128268
26.7%
14
China
DKK 123037
29.7%
15
India
DKK 115619
33.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 158220
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 155315
11.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 155136
11.4%
3
Ecuador
DKK 150796
13.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 145991
16.6%
5
Panama
DKK 143953
17.7%
6
Chile
DKK 141115
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 137193
21.6%
8
Peru
DKK 134257
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 130809
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 127176
27.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 113701
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 140192
19.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 129009
26.3%
2
Angola
DKK 128526
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 126049
28.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 122772
29.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 122748
29.9%
6
Morocco
DKK 121874
30.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 119905
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 115809
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 115180
34.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 113011
35.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 109670
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 166250
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 166250
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 161000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 161000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 157500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 155750
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 148626
15.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 133185
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 132575
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 102995
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.