Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
170,976 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,017 kr
Communal tax
- 34,375 kr
Church tax
- 1,446 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 55,975 kr
Net pay
* 115,001 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
115,001 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
55,975 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
69,896 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 170,976 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
37.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 37.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 170,976 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 55,975 kr. That means that your net pay will be 115,001 kr per year, or 9,583 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 143105
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 127008
25.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.