Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,909 kr
Communal tax
- 34,582 kr
Church tax
- 1,722 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,349 kr
Net pay
* 113,651 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
113,651 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,349 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,271 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 170,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,000 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,349 kr. That means that your net pay will be 113,651 kr per year, or 9,471 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,355 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 142369
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 126285
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 153700
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 151109
11.1%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 151047
11.2%
3
Ecuador
DKK 146842
13.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 142489
16.2%
5
Panama
DKK 140171
17.6%
6
Chile
DKK 137187
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 133771
21.3%
8
Peru
DKK 130494
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 127184
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 123780
27.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 110451
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 136742
19.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 125690
26.1%
2
Angola
DKK 124888
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 122549
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 119481
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 119441
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 118844
30.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 116504
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 112559
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 112136
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 110011
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 106595
37.3%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Thisted 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.