Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
161,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,963 kr
Communal tax
- 32,574 kr
Church tax
- 1,351 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,025 kr
Net pay
* 108,475 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
108,475 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,025 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,947 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 161,500 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 161,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,025 kr. That means that your net pay will be 108,475 kr per year, or 9,040 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 147687
8.6%
1
Switzerland
DKK 147539
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 145435
10.0%
3
Russia
DKK 140505
13.0%
4
France
DKK 138237
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 135819
15.9%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 133283
17.5%
7
Austria
DKK 132472
18.0%
8
Hungary
DKK 131623
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 130854
19.0%
10
Ukraine
DKK 130007
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 128577
20.4%
12
Italy
DKK 120389
25.5%
13
Germany
DKK 119145
26.2%
14
Greece
DKK 117662
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 117261
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 111854
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 108231
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 107560
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 105869
34.5%
20
Netherlands
DKK 101631
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99732
38.3%
22
Romania
DKK 94477
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 135958
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 119984
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 146015
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 144262
10.7%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 143793
11.0%
3
Ecuador
DKK 140121
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 136535
15.5%
5
Panama
DKK 133741
17.2%
6
Chile
DKK 130482
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 127513
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 124098
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 121021
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 118008
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 104926
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.