Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
154,700 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,207 kr
Communal tax
- 31,778 kr
Church tax
- 1,182 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,303 kr
Net pay
* 103,397 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
103,397 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,303 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,225 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 154,700 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 38.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 154,700 kr a year living in the region of Frederikssund, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,303 kr. That means that your net pay will be 103,397 kr per year, or 8,616 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.89 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.11 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,356 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 143244
7.4%
1
Switzerland
DKK 141807
8.3%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 140896
8.9%
3
Russia
DKK 134589
13.0%
4
France
DKK 132770
14.2%
5
Norway
DKK 131203
15.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 128414
17.0%
7
Austria
DKK 127740
17.4%
8
Spain
DKK 126114
18.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 126080
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 124533
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 123545
20.1%
12
Italy
DKK 116522
24.7%
13
Germany
DKK 115299
25.5%
14
Greece
DKK 113226
26.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 112703
27.2%
16
Poland
DKK 107512
30.5%
17
Denmark
DKK 103656
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 103339
33.2%
19
Portugal
DKK 102168
34.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 97352
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 96889
37.4%
22
Romania
DKK 90499
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 130829
15.4%
1
Canada
DKK 114943
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 146408
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 139476
9.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 139198
10.0%
3
Australia
DKK 138095
10.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 131202
15.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 129568
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 128043
17.2%
7
Indonesia
DKK 126277
18.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 125122
19.1%
9
Japan
DKK 123479
20.2%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 123473
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 122768
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 119590
22.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 114641
25.9%
14
China
DKK 108951
29.6%
15
India
DKK 104089
32.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 139867
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 138289
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 137989
10.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 134745
12.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 131538
15.0%
5
Panama
DKK 128596
16.9%
6
Chile
DKK 125102
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 122501
20.8%
8
Peru
DKK 118981
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 116091
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 113389
26.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 100506
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 126171
18.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 115247
25.5%
2
Angola
DKK 113758
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 111839
27.7%
4
Morocco
DKK 109572
29.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 109410
29.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 109320
29.3%
7
Nigeria
DKK 106097
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 102820
33.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 102614
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 100677
34.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 97186
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 146965
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 146965
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 142324
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 142324
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 139230
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 137683
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 133115
14.0%
7
Egypt
DKK 117960
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 117350
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 90194
41.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederikssund 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.