Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
180,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,021 kr
Communal tax
- 36,082 kr
Church tax
- 1,366 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 58,604 kr
Net pay
* 121,396 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
121,396 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
58,604 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
72,526 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 180,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 37.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 180,000 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 58,604 kr. That means that your net pay will be 121,396 kr per year, or 10,116 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 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 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 162280
9.8%
1
Ireland
DKK 159775
11.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 157784
12.3%
3
Russia
DKK 156600
13.0%
4
France
DKK 153111
14.9%
5
Norway
DKK 148265
17.6%
6
Hungary
DKK 146700
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 146531
18.6%
8
Austria
DKK 145348
19.3%
9
Ukraine
DKK 144900
19.5%
10
Spain
DKK 143752
20.1%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 142267
21.0%
12
Italy
DKK 130910
27.3%
13
Greece
DKK 129728
27.9%
14
Sweden
DKK 129661
28.0%
15
Germany
DKK 129609
28.0%
16
Poland
DKK 123667
31.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 120677
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 119043
33.9%
19
Portugal
DKK 115936
35.6%
20
Netherlands
DKK 113271
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 107465
40.3%
22
Romania
DKK 105300
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 149846
16.8%
1
Canada
DKK 133577
25.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 169566
5.8%
1
Taiwan
DKK 161348
10.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 159693
11.3%
3
Australia
DKK 158082
12.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 150984
16.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 150088
16.6%
6
Pakistan
DKK 145265
19.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 144682
19.6%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 143966
20.0%
9
Japan
DKK 142305
20.9%
10
Malaysia
DKK 142288
21.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 142176
21.0%
12
Philippines
DKK 136668
24.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 131615
26.9%
14
China
DKK 125531
30.3%
15
India
DKK 118459
34.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 162741
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 159487
11.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 159164
11.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 154654
14.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 149493
17.0%
5
Panama
DKK 147736
17.9%
6
Chile
DKK 145044
19.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 140614
21.9%
8
Peru
DKK 138019
23.3%
9
Brazil
DKK 134434
25.3%
10
Uruguay
DKK 130572
27.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 116951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 143640
20.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 132328
26.5%
2
Angola
DKK 132163
26.6%
3
Kenya
DKK 129549
28.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 126056
30.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 125985
30.0%
6
Morocco
DKK 124904
30.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 123306
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 119059
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 118224
34.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 116011
35.6%
11
Zambia
DKK 112745
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 171000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 171000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 165600
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 165600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 162000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 160200
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 152410
15.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 136935
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 136325
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 106032
41.1%
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.