Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
185,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,577 kr
Communal tax
- 37,694 kr
Church tax
- 1,877 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 61,284 kr
Net pay
* 123,716 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
123,716 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
61,284 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
75,206 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 185,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.07 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 37.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 185,000 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 61,284 kr. That means that your net pay will be 123,716 kr per year, or 10,310 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 153546
17.0%
1
Canada
DKK 137133
25.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 167261
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 163650
11.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 163191
11.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 158503
14.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 152992
17.3%
5
Panama
DKK 151518
18.1%
6
Chile
DKK 148972
19.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 144036
22.1%
8
Peru
DKK 141782
23.4%
9
Brazil
DKK 138059
25.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 133968
27.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 120201
35.0%
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.