Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
168,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,742 kr
Communal tax
- 33,733 kr
Church tax
- 1,277 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,888 kr
Net pay
* 113,612 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
113,612 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,888 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,810 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 168,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.08 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 168,500 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,888 kr. That means that your net pay will be 113,612 kr per year, or 9,468 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 141237
16.2%
1
Canada
DKK 125173
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 135707
19.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 124695
26.0%
2
Angola
DKK 123797
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 121499
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 118494
29.7%
5
Ghana
DKK 118448
29.7%
6
Morocco
DKK 117935
30.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 115484
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 111584
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 111223
34.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 109097
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 105673
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 160075
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 160075
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 155020
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 155020
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 151650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 149965
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 143707
14.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 128310
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 127700
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 98921
41.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.