Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
697 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 77.53 kr
Communal tax
- 143 kr
Church tax
- 5.29 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 4.37 kr
Total tax
- 230 kr
Net pay
* 467 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
467 kr
Net pay
53.54 kr
Tax the employer pays
230 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
283 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 53.54 kr to pay you 697 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.06 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 181,220 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 59,722 kr. That means that your net pay will be 121,498 kr per year, or 10,125 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.72 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.28 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,364 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 150749
16.8%
1
Canada
DKK 134444
25.8%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 172159
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 172159
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 166722
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 166722
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 163098
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 161286
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 153333
15.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 137850
23.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 137240
24.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 106773
41.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.