Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
151,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,851 kr
Communal tax
- 29,322 kr
Church tax
- 880 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 48,189 kr
Net pay
* 103,311 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
103,311 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
48,189 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,110 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 151,500 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
37.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 37.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 151,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 48,189 kr. That means that your net pay will be 103,311 kr per year, or 8,609 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,425 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 141153
6.8%
1
Switzerland
DKK 139026
8.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 138760
8.4%
3
Russia
DKK 131805
13.0%
4
France
DKK 130197
14.1%
5
Norway
DKK 128938
14.9%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 126122
16.8%
7
Austria
DKK 125513
17.2%
8
Spain
DKK 123883
18.2%
9
Hungary
DKK 123473
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 121957
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 121177
20.0%
12
Italy
DKK 114702
24.3%
13
Germany
DKK 113489
25.1%
14
Greece
DKK 111139
26.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 110559
27.0%
16
Poland
DKK 105469
30.4%
17
Denmark
DKK 101503
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 101353
33.1%
19
Portugal
DKK 100427
33.7%
20
Belgium
DKK 95551
36.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 95339
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 88627
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 128415
15.2%
1
Canada
DKK 112571
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 143429
5.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 136710
9.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 136559
9.9%
3
Australia
DKK 135567
10.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 128700
15.1%
5
New Zealand
DKK 126972
16.2%
6
Pakistan
DKK 125744
17.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 123949
18.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 122937
18.9%
9
Japan
DKK 121018
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 120881
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 120277
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 117430
22.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 112493
25.8%
14
China
DKK 106719
29.6%
15
India
DKK 102271
32.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 136973
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 135457
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 135258
10.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 132215
12.7%
4
Colombia
DKK 129186
14.7%
5
Panama
DKK 126176
16.7%
6
Chile
DKK 122571
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 120143
20.7%
8
Peru
DKK 116573
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 113771
24.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 111216
26.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 98426
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 123946
18.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 112943
25.5%
2
Angola
DKK 111430
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 109599
27.7%
4
Morocco
DKK 107633
29.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 107304
29.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 107203
29.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 103921
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 100872
33.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 100534
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 98725
34.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 95218
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 143925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 143925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 139380
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 139380
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 136350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 134835
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 130653
13.8%
7
Egypt
DKK 115560
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 114950
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 88170
41.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.