Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
161,356 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,947 kr
Communal tax
- 29,317 kr
Church tax
- 643 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 49,043 kr
Net pay
* 112,313 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.1%
Average tax rate
30.4%
69.6%
Net pay
30.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
112,313 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
49,043 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,965 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 161,356 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 3.90 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
35.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 30.4% tax rate now rises to 35.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 161,356 kr a year living in the region of Frederiksberg, Denmark, you will be taxed 49,043 kr. That means that your net pay will be 112,313 kr per year, or 9,359 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 30.4% and your marginal tax rate is 30.1%. 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 30.08 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.92 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 699 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,496 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 147593
8.5%
1
Switzerland
DKK 147425
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 145339
9.9%
3
Russia
DKK 140380
13.0%
4
France
DKK 138121
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 135722
15.9%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 133180
17.5%
7
Austria
DKK 132372
18.0%
8
Hungary
DKK 131505
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 130754
19.0%
10
Ukraine
DKK 129892
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 128470
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 120307
25.4%
13
Germany
DKK 119063
26.2%
14
Greece
DKK 117568
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 117164
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 111762
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 108134
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 107470
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 105790
34.4%
20
Netherlands
DKK 101540
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99671
38.2%
22
Romania
DKK 94393
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 135849
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 119877
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 152572
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 145230
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 144688
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 143353
11.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 136406
15.5%
5
New Zealand
DKK 134966
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 132680
17.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 131119
18.7%
8
Malaysia
DKK 129666
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 128865
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 128596
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 127899
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 124083
23.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 119109
26.2%
14
China
DKK 113594
29.6%
15
India
DKK 107869
33.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 145884
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 144146
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 143670
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 140008
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 136429
15.5%
5
Panama
DKK 133632
17.2%
6
Chile
DKK 130368
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 127407
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 123989
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 120917
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 117910
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 104833
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 130778
19.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 119953
25.7%
2
Angola
DKK 118600
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 116498
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 113791
29.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 113723
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 113606
29.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 110625
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 106940
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 106873
33.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 104738
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 101279
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 153288
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 153288
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 148448
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 148448
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 145220
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 143607
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 138235
14.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 122952
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 122342
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 94403
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederiksberg 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.