Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
188,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,911 kr
Communal tax
- 38,316 kr
Church tax
- 1,638 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 62,001 kr
Net pay
* 125,999 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
125,999 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
62,001 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
75,922 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 188,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 37.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 188,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 62,001 kr. That means that your net pay will be 125,999 kr per year, or 10,500 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 168654
10.3%
1
Ireland
DKK 165097
12.2%
2
Russia
DKK 163560
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 163124
13.2%
4
France
DKK 159488
15.2%
5
Norway
DKK 153545
18.3%
6
Hungary
DKK 153220
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 152175
19.1%
8
Ukraine
DKK 151340
19.5%
9
Austria
DKK 150646
19.9%
10
Spain
DKK 149266
20.6%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 148187
21.2%
12
Italy
DKK 135237
28.1%
13
Sweden
DKK 135023
28.2%
14
Greece
DKK 134893
28.3%
15
Germany
DKK 134126
28.7%
16
Poland
DKK 128776
31.5%
17
Denmark
DKK 126059
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 123963
34.1%
19
Portugal
DKK 120252
36.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 118305
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 110631
41.2%
22
Romania
DKK 109980
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 155765
17.2%
1
Canada
DKK 139267
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 176835
5.9%
1
Taiwan
DKK 168264
10.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 166093
11.7%
3
Australia
DKK 164402
12.6%
4
South Korea
DKK 157239
16.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 156568
16.7%
6
Pakistan
DKK 150665
19.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 150502
20.0%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 150446
20.0%
9
Singapore
DKK 148303
21.1%
10
Japan
DKK 147992
21.3%
11
Malaysia
DKK 147556
21.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 142068
24.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 136970
27.1%
14
China
DKK 129522
31.1%
15
India
DKK 123003
34.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 169974
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 166147
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 165608
11.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 160812
14.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 155090
17.5%
5
Panama
DKK 153788
18.2%
6
Chile
DKK 151311
19.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 146089
22.3%
8
Peru
DKK 144039
23.4%
9
Brazil
DKK 140234
25.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 136005
27.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 122151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 148937
20.8%
1
Angola
DKK 137983
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 137638
26.8%
3
Kenya
DKK 135149
28.1%
4
Ghana
DKK 131348
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 131092
30.3%
6
Morocco
DKK 129751
31.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 128748
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 124259
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 123095
34.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 120811
35.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 117665
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 178600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 178600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 172960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 172960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 169200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 167320
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 158464
15.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 142935
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 142325
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 110835
41.1%
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.