Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,636 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,756 kr
Communal tax
- 32,191 kr
Church tax
- 1,335 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,418 kr
Net pay
* 107,218 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
107,218 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,418 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,339 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 159,636 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 159,636 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,418 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,218 kr per year, or 8,935 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,372 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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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.