Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
161,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,908 kr
Communal tax
- 32,471 kr
Church tax
- 1,347 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,862 kr
Net pay
* 108,138 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
108,138 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,862 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,784 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 161,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.15 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 161,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,862 kr. That means that your net pay will be 108,138 kr per year, or 9,011 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 147360
8.5%
1
Switzerland
DKK 147141
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 145101
9.9%
3
Russia
DKK 140070
13.0%
4
France
DKK 137835
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 135480
15.9%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 132925
17.4%
7
Austria
DKK 132125
17.9%
8
Hungary
DKK 131215
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 130506
18.9%
10
Ukraine
DKK 129605
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 128207
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 120105
25.4%
13
Germany
DKK 118862
26.2%
14
Greece
DKK 117335
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 116926
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 111535
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 107894
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 107249
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 105597
34.4%
20
Netherlands
DKK 101316
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99523
38.2%
22
Romania
DKK 94185
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 135581
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 119613
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 130532
18.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 119716
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 118341
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 116249
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 113557
29.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 113487
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 113390
29.6%
7
Nigeria
DKK 110383
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 106709
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 106656
33.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 104521
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 101060
37.2%
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.