Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
152,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,907 kr
Communal tax
- 30,667 kr
Church tax
- 1,536 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,246 kr
Net pay
* 101,754 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
101,754 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
50,246 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,167 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 152,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 38.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 152,000 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,246 kr. That means that your net pay will be 101,754 kr per year, or 8,480 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,361 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 128792
15.3%
1
Canada
DKK 112941
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 137425
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 135900
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 135684
10.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 132610
12.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 129553
14.8%
5
Panama
DKK 126554
16.7%
6
Chile
DKK 122967
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 120511
20.7%
8
Peru
DKK 116949
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 114134
24.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 111556
26.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 98751
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.