Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
172,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,131 kr
Communal tax
- 32,115 kr
Church tax
- 1,221 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,604 kr
Net pay
* 118,397 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.2%
68.8%
Net pay
31.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
118,397 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,604 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,525 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 172,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.93 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
36.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.2% tax rate now rises to 36.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 172,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,604 kr. That means that your net pay will be 118,397 kr per year, or 9,866 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.2% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.89 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.11 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,456 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 143877
16.4%
1
Canada
DKK 127767
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 138122
19.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 127018
26.2%
2
Angola
DKK 126343
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 123949
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 120797
29.8%
5
Ghana
DKK 120764
29.8%
6
Morocco
DKK 120056
30.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 117865
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 113859
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 113354
34.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 111211
35.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 107825
37.3%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.