Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
173,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,242 kr
Communal tax
- 35,205 kr
Church tax
- 1,753 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 57,336 kr
Net pay
* 115,664 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
115,664 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
57,336 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
71,258 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 173,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 38.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 173,000 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 57,336 kr. That means that your net pay will be 115,664 kr per year, or 9,639 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% 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 144631
16.4%
1
Canada
DKK 128509
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 156412
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 153608
11.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 153525
11.3%
3
Ecuador
DKK 149214
13.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 144590
16.4%
5
Panama
DKK 142440
17.7%
6
Chile
DKK 139544
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 135824
21.5%
8
Peru
DKK 132752
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 129359
25.2%
10
Uruguay
DKK 125818
27.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 112401
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 164350
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 164350
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 159160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 159160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 155700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 153970
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 147112
15.0%
7
Egypt
DKK 131685
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 131075
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 101767
41.2%
10
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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.