Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,636 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,756 kr
Communal tax
- 30,931 kr
Church tax
- 928 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,752 kr
Net pay
* 108,884 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 159,636 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,752 kr. That means that your net pay will be 108,884 kr per year, or 9,074 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134552
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118602
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 144329
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 142658
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142202
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 138648
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135165
15.3%
5
Panama
DKK 132330
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129007
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126139
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 122695
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 119670
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 116742
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 103715
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129591
18.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 118800
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117349
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115294
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 112659
29.4%
5
Ghana
DKK 112585
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 112563
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109455
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 105826
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 105822
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 103689
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100221
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 151654
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 151654
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 146865
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 146865
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 143672
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142076
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 136912
14.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 121662
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121052
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93315
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.