Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
171,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 19,076 kr
Communal tax
- 34,893 kr
Church tax
- 1,273 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 56,377 kr
Net pay
* 115,123 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
115,123 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
56,377 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
70,299 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 171,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 37.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 171,500 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 56,377 kr. That means that your net pay will be 115,123 kr per year, or 9,594 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.63 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.37 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 143500
16.3%
1
Canada
DKK 127397
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 161818
5.7%
1
Taiwan
DKK 154000
10.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 152893
10.9%
3
Australia
DKK 151367
11.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 144338
15.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 143194
16.5%
6
Pakistan
DKK 139528
18.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 138499
19.2%
8
Kazakhstan
DKK 137081
20.1%
9
Malaysia
DKK 136592
20.4%
10
Japan
DKK 136261
20.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 135667
20.9%
12
Philippines
DKK 130930
23.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 125918
26.6%
14
China
DKK 120669
29.6%
15
India
DKK 113631
33.7%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 162925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 162925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 157780
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 157780
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 154350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 152635
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 145977
14.9%
7
Egypt
DKK 130560
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 129950
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 100818
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.