Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
171,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,076 kr
Communal tax
- 34,620 kr
Church tax
- 1,642 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,473 kr
Net pay
* 115,027 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
115,027 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,473 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,395 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 171,500 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
38.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 38.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 171,500 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,473 kr. That means that your net pay will be 115,027 kr per year, or 9,586 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% 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 32.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.32 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 3,366 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 143500
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 127397
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 137777
19.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 126686
26.1%
2
Angola
DKK 125980
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 123599
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 120468
29.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 120433
29.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 119753
30.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 117525
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 113534
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 113049
34.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 110911
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 107518
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 162925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 162925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 157780
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 157780
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 154350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 152635
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 145977
14.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 130560
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 129950
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 100818
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.