Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
178,620 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,868 kr
Communal tax
- 36,370 kr
Church tax
- 1,811 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 59,185 kr
Net pay
* 119,435 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
119,435 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
59,185 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
73,107 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 178,620 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.09 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 178,620 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,185 kr. That means that your net pay will be 119,435 kr per year, or 9,953 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 148825
16.7%
1
Canada
DKK 132595
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 168308
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 160155
10.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 158589
11.2%
3
Australia
DKK 156992
12.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 149905
16.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 148969
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 144334
19.2%
7
Indonesia
DKK 143678
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 142849
20.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 141380
20.9%
10
Japan
DKK 141323
20.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 141119
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 135736
24.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 130691
26.8%
14
China
DKK 124843
30.1%
15
India
DKK 117675
34.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 161493
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 158339
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 158052
11.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 153592
14.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 148526
16.9%
5
Panama
DKK 146692
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 143959
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 139670
21.8%
8
Peru
DKK 136981
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 133433
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 129635
27.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 116054
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 142690
20.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 131412
26.4%
2
Angola
DKK 131159
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 128583
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 125143
29.9%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125104
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124067
30.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 122368
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 118162
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 117384
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 115183
35.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 111896
37.4%
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.