Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
175,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,521 kr
Communal tax
- 35,723 kr
Church tax
- 1,779 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 58,159 kr
Net pay
* 117,341 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
117,341 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
58,159 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
72,080 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 175,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.11 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 175,500 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 58,159 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,341 kr per year, or 9,778 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 146517
16.5%
1
Canada
DKK 130362
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 165464
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 157458
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 156093
11.1%
3
Australia
DKK 154527
12.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 147465
16.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 146438
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 142228
19.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 141409
19.4%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 140321
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 139323
20.6%
10
Japan
DKK 139105
20.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 138730
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 133630
23.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 128603
26.7%
14
China
DKK 123287
29.8%
15
India
DKK 115903
34.0%
16
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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.