Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
158,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,574 kr
Communal tax
- 30,608 kr
Church tax
- 919 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,236 kr
Net pay
* 107,764 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
107,764 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
50,236 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,158 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 158,000 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
37.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 37.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 158,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,236 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,764 kr per year, or 8,980 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.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 109966
30.4%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 109513
30.7%
2
Tårnby
DKK 109450
30.7%
3
Gladsaxe
DKK 108645
31.2%
4
Hørsholm
DKK 108682
31.2%
5
Vejle
DKK 108720
31.2%
6
Gentofte
DKK 108582
31.3%
7
Glostrup
DKK 108582
31.3%
8
Herlev
DKK 108519
31.3%
9
Københavns
DKK 108330
31.4%
10
Allerød
DKK 107978
31.7%
11
Billund
DKK 107965
31.7%
12
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 107839
31.7%
13
Brøndby
DKK 107701
31.8%
14
Greve
DKK 107764
31.8%
15
Kalundborg
DKK 107562
31.9%
16
Aarhus
DKK 107499
32.0%
17
Dragør
DKK 107311
32.1%
18
Furesø
DKK 107260
32.1%
19
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 107323
32.1%
20
Solrød
DKK 106946
32.3%
21
Køge
DKK 106857
32.4%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 106694
32.5%
23
Herning
DKK 106706
32.5%
24
Ishøj
DKK 106694
32.5%
25
Næstved
DKK 106593
32.5%
26
Ikast-Brande
DKK 106480
32.6%
27
Odder
DKK 106505
32.6%
28
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 106505
32.6%
29
Roskilde
DKK 106518
32.6%
30
Slagelse
DKK 106492
32.6%
31
Varde
DKK 106505
32.6%
32
Ballerup
DKK 106291
32.7%
33
Helsingør
DKK 106379
32.7%
34
Horsens
DKK 106316
32.7%
35
Hvidovre
DKK 106291
32.7%
36
Odense
DKK 106354
32.7%
37
Vordingborg
DKK 106291
32.7%
38
Gribskov
DKK 106253
32.8%
39
Holbæk
DKK 106241
32.8%
40
Lejre
DKK 106115
32.8%
41
Vejen
DKK 106241
32.8%
42
Aalborg
DKK 106090
32.9%
43
Albertslund
DKK 106065
32.9%
44
Egedal
DKK 105989
32.9%
45
Fredericia
DKK 106090
32.9%
46
Hedensted
DKK 106090
32.9%
47
Kolding
DKK 106039
32.9%
48
Rødovre
DKK 106039
32.9%
49
Silkeborg
DKK 106002
32.9%
50
Tønder
DKK 105989
32.9%
51
Vallensbæk
DKK 106065
32.9%
52
Viborg
DKK 106027
32.9%
53
Aabenraa
DKK 105876
33.0%
54
Esbjerg
DKK 105800
33.0%
55
Fanø
DKK 105851
33.0%
56
Halsnæs
DKK 105876
33.0%
57
Hillerød
DKK 105888
33.0%
58
Holstebro
DKK 105838
33.0%
59
Lemvig
DKK 105788
33.0%
60
Rebild
DKK 105901
33.0%
61
Skive
DKK 105825
33.0%
62
Struer
DKK 105939
33.0%
63
Sønderborg
DKK 105800
33.0%
64
Favrskov
DKK 105737
33.1%
65
Middelfart
DKK 105687
33.1%
66
Randers
DKK 105700
33.1%
67
Frederikssund
DKK 105612
33.2%
68
Skanderborg
DKK 105561
33.2%
69
Thisted
DKK 105599
33.2%
70
Faxe
DKK 105460
33.3%
71
Guldborgsund
DKK 105360
33.3%
72
Jammerbugt
DKK 105435
33.3%
73
Morsø
DKK 105309
33.3%
74
Syddjurs
DKK 105435
33.3%
75
Assens
DKK 105209
33.4%
76
Kerteminde -
DKK 105209
33.4%
77
Mariagerfjord
DKK 105247
33.4%
78
Norddjurs
DKK 105184
33.4%
79
Nordfyns
DKK 105259
33.4%
80
Ringsted
DKK 105247
33.4%
81
Samsø
DKK 105158
33.4%
82
Stevns
DKK 105184
33.4%
83
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 105146
33.5%
84
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 105121
33.5%
85
Frederikshavn
DKK 105020
33.5%
86
Haderslev
DKK 104995
33.5%
87
Sorø
DKK 104995
33.5%
88
Ærø
DKK 105096
33.5%
89
Hjørring
DKK 104944
33.6%
90
Nyborg
DKK 104932
33.6%
91
ODSHERRED
DKK 104957
33.6%
92
Svendborg
DKK 104907
33.6%
93
Brønderslev
DKK 104831
33.7%
94
Langeland
DKK 104756
33.7%
95
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 104705
33.7%
96
Lolland
DKK 104642
33.8%
97
Læsø
DKK 104554
33.8%
98
Christiansø
DKK 150919
4.5%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 145400
8.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 144674
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 143099
9.4%
3
Russia
DKK 137460
13.0%
4
France
DKK 135423
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 133443
15.5%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 130777
17.2%
7
Austria
DKK 130037
17.7%
8
Hungary
DKK 128770
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 128414
18.7%
10
Ukraine
DKK 127190
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 125987
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 118399
25.1%
13
Germany
DKK 117165
25.8%
14
Greece
DKK 115379
27.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 114915
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 109619
30.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 105876
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 105387
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 103964
34.2%
20
Netherlands
DKK 99428
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 98268
37.8%
22
Romania
DKK 92430
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 133318
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 117389
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 149480
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 142329
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 141920
10.2%
3
Australia
DKK 140702
11.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 133782
15.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 132244
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 130414
17.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 128677
18.6%
8
Malaysia
DKK 127375
19.4%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 126146
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 126016
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 125329
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 121818
22.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 116856
26.0%
14
China
DKK 111253
29.6%
15
India
DKK 105963
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 142850
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 141210
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 140805
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 137354
13.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 133963
15.2%
5
Panama
DKK 131093
17.0%
6
Chile
DKK 127713
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 124934
20.9%
8
Peru
DKK 121464
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 118484
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 115630
26.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 102651
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 128462
18.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 117623
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 116158
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 114149
27.8%
4
Morocco
DKK 111572
29.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 111582
29.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 111503
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 108342
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 104830
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 104759
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 102691
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 99215
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 150100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 150100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 145360
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 145360
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 142200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 140620
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 135653
14.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 120435
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 119825
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 92281
41.6%
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.