Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
157,800 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,552 kr
Communal tax
- 32,177 kr
Church tax
- 1,006 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,870 kr
Net pay
* 105,930 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
105,930 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,870 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,792 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 157,800 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.17 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 38.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 157,800 kr a year living in the region of Albertslund, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,870 kr. That means that your net pay will be 105,930 kr per year, or 8,827 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 32.60 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.40 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 3,370 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 145269
7.9%
1
Switzerland
DKK 144500
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 142965
9.4%
3
Russia
DKK 137286
13.0%
4
France
DKK 135262
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 133307
15.5%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 130634
17.2%
7
Austria
DKK 129897
17.7%
8
Hungary
DKK 128607
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 128275
18.7%
10
Ukraine
DKK 127029
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 125839
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 118285
25.0%
13
Germany
DKK 117052
25.8%
14
Greece
DKK 115248
27.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 114781
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 109491
30.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 105741
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 105263
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 103855
34.2%
20
Netherlands
DKK 99303
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 98185
37.8%
22
Romania
DKK 92313
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 133167
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 117241
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 149294
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 142156
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 141755
10.2%
3
Australia
DKK 140544
10.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 133626
15.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 132082
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 130270
17.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 128532
18.6%
8
Malaysia
DKK 127238
19.4%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 125984
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 125862
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 125175
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 121683
22.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 116722
26.0%
14
China
DKK 111113
29.6%
15
India
DKK 105850
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 142669
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 141033
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 140635
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 137196
13.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 133816
15.2%
5
Panama
DKK 130941
17.0%
6
Chile
DKK 127555
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 124786
20.9%
8
Peru
DKK 121314
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 118339
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 115495
26.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 102521
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 128324
18.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 117479
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 116013
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 114009
27.8%
4
Morocco
DKK 111451
29.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 111450
29.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 111370
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 108206
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 104708
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 104629
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 102569
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 99092
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 149910
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 149910
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 145176
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 145176
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 142020
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 140442
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 135499
14.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 120285
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 119675
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 92154
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Albertslund 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.