Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
165,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 18,408 kr
Communal tax
- 33,398 kr
Church tax
- 1,386 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,328 kr
Net pay
* 111,172 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 165,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,328 kr. That means that your net pay will be 111,172 kr per year, or 9,264 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
Switzerland
DKK 150726
8.9%
1
Ireland
DKK 150300
9.2%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 148105
10.5%
3
Russia
DKK 143985
13.0%
4
France
DKK 141453
14.5%
5
Norway
DKK 138535
16.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 136148
17.7%
7
Austria
DKK 135256
18.3%
8
Hungary
DKK 134883
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 133643
19.3%
10
Ukraine
DKK 133227
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 131537
20.5%
12
Italy
DKK 122664
25.9%
13
Germany
DKK 121407
26.6%
14
Greece
DKK 120270
27.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 119942
27.5%
16
Poland
DKK 114408
30.9%
17
Denmark
DKK 110922
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 110043
33.5%
19
Portugal
DKK 108045
34.7%
20
Netherlands
DKK 104148
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 101404
38.7%
22
Romania
DKK 96817
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 138975
16.0%
1
Canada
DKK 122949
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 156349
5.5%
1
Taiwan
DKK 148813
10.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 148093
10.5%
3
Australia
DKK 146627
11.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 139646
15.6%
5
New Zealand
DKK 138327
16.4%
6
Pakistan
DKK 135478
18.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 134134
19.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 132496
19.9%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 132221
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 131782
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 131072
20.8%
12
Philippines
DKK 126880
23.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 121891
26.4%
14
China
DKK 116484
29.6%
15
India
DKK 110223
33.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 149631
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 147484
10.9%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 147207
11.1%
3
Ecuador
DKK 143284
13.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 139337
15.8%
5
Panama
DKK 136767
17.4%
6
Chile
DKK 133646
19.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 130462
21.2%
8
Peru
DKK 127108
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 123921
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 120724
27.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 107526
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 133637
19.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 122703
25.9%
2
Angola
DKK 121615
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 119399
27.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 116519
29.6%
5
Ghana
DKK 116464
29.6%
6
Morocco
DKK 116117
29.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 113444
31.5%
8
Uganda
DKK 109634
33.8%
9
Cameroon
DKK 109396
33.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 107266
35.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 103828
37.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 157225
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 157225
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 152260
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 152260
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 148950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 147295
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 141423
14.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 126060
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 125450
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 97024
41.4%
10
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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.