Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
160,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,852 kr
Communal tax
- 31,102 kr
Church tax
- 934 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,024 kr
Net pay
* 109,476 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
109,476 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,024 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,946 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 160,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 37.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 160,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,024 kr. That means that your net pay will be 109,476 kr per year, or 9,123 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 147033
8.4%
1
Switzerland
DKK 146743
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 144768
9.8%
3
Russia
DKK 139635
13.0%
4
France
DKK 137433
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 135140
15.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 132567
17.4%
7
Austria
DKK 131777
17.9%
8
Hungary
DKK 130807
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 130157
18.9%
10
Ukraine
DKK 129202
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 127837
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 119821
25.4%
13
Germany
DKK 118579
26.1%
14
Greece
DKK 117009
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 116590
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 111216
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 107558
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 106939
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 105325
34.4%
20
Netherlands
DKK 101001
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99314
38.1%
22
Romania
DKK 93893
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 135203
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 119242
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 151792
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 144490
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 143982
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 142677
11.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 135737
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 134272
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 132103
17.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 130496
18.7%
8
Malaysia
DKK 129082
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 128171
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 127938
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 127243
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 123505
23.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 118535
26.2%
14
China
DKK 112997
29.6%
15
India
DKK 107383
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 145110
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 143423
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142939
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 139331
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135800
15.4%
5
Panama
DKK 132984
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129690
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126776
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 123345
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 120296
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 117328
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 104276
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 130187
18.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 119385
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117977
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115899
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 113228
29.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 113156
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 113087
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 110043
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 106384
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 106352
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 104216
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100753
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 152475
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 152475
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 147660
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 147660
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 144450
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142845
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 137577
14.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 122310
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121700
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93862
41.5%
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.