Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
176,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,576 kr
Communal tax
- 35,827 kr
Church tax
- 1,784 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 58,323 kr
Net pay
* 117,677 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
117,677 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
58,323 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
72,245 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 176,000 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 33.1% tax rate now rises to 38.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 176,000 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 58,323 kr. That means that your net pay will be 117,677 kr per year, or 9,806 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 159093
9.6%
1
Ireland
DKK 157161
10.7%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 155114
11.9%
3
Russia
DKK 153120
13.0%
4
France
DKK 149895
14.8%
5
Norway
DKK 145625
17.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 143667
18.4%
7
Hungary
DKK 143440
18.5%
8
Austria
DKK 142564
19.0%
9
Ukraine
DKK 141680
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 140964
19.9%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 139307
20.9%
12
Italy
DKK 128636
26.9%
13
Germany
DKK 127346
27.6%
14
Greece
DKK 127119
27.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 126980
27.9%
16
Poland
DKK 121113
31.2%
17
Denmark
DKK 117986
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 116560
33.8%
19
Portugal
DKK 113759
35.4%
20
Netherlands
DKK 110754
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 105793
39.9%
22
Romania
DKK 102960
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 146887
16.5%
1
Canada
DKK 130731
25.7%
2
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.