Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
187,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 20,800 kr
Communal tax
- 37,661 kr
Church tax
- 1,584 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 61,180 kr
Net pay
* 125,820 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
125,820 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
61,180 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
75,102 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 187,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 37.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 187,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 61,180 kr. That means that your net pay will be 125,820 kr per year, or 10,485 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Switzerland
DKK 167858
10.2%
1
Ireland
DKK 164382
12.1%
2
Russia
DKK 162690
13.0%
3
United Kingdom
DKK 162456
13.1%
4
France
DKK 158720
15.1%
5
Norway
DKK 152885
18.2%
6
Hungary
DKK 152405
18.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 151514
19.0%
8
Ukraine
DKK 150535
19.5%
9
Austria
DKK 150125
19.7%
10
Spain
DKK 148610
20.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 147447
21.2%
12
Italy
DKK 134813
27.9%
13
Sweden
DKK 134353
28.2%
14
Greece
DKK 134275
28.2%
15
Germany
DKK 133566
28.6%
16
Poland
DKK 128137
31.5%
17
Denmark
DKK 125387
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 123372
34.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 119732
36.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 117675
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 110329
41.0%
22
Romania
DKK 109395
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 155026
17.1%
1
Canada
DKK 138556
25.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 175942
5.9%
1
Taiwan
DKK 167399
10.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 165293
11.6%
3
Australia
DKK 163612
12.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 156457
16.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 155766
16.7%
6
Pakistan
DKK 149990
19.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 149775
19.9%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 149636
20.0%
9
Singapore
DKK 147537
21.1%
10
Japan
DKK 147282
21.2%
11
Malaysia
DKK 146897
21.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 141393
24.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 136301
27.1%
14
China
DKK 129023
31.0%
15
India
DKK 122435
34.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 169070
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 165315
11.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 164802
11.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 160042
14.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 154391
17.4%
5
Panama
DKK 153031
18.2%
6
Chile
DKK 150543
19.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 145404
22.2%
8
Peru
DKK 143287
23.4%
9
Brazil
DKK 139509
25.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 135326
27.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 121501
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 148275
20.7%
1
Angola
DKK 137256
26.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 136974
26.8%
3
Kenya
DKK 134449
28.1%
4
Ghana
DKK 130686
30.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 130454
30.2%
6
Morocco
DKK 129145
30.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 128068
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 123609
33.9%
9
Cameroon
DKK 122486
34.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 120211
35.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 117050
37.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 177650
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 177650
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 172040
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 172040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 168300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 166430
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 157707
15.7%
7
Egypt
DKK 142185
24.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 141575
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 110253
41.0%
10
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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.