Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
157,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,463 kr
Communal tax
- 31,698 kr
Church tax
- 1,588 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,885 kr
Net pay
* 105,115 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
105,115 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,885 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,806 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 157,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.19 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 157,000 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,885 kr. That means that your net pay will be 105,115 kr per year, or 8,760 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 144746
7.8%
1
Switzerland
DKK 143805
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 142431
9.3%
3
Russia
DKK 136590
13.0%
4
France
DKK 134619
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 132764
15.4%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 130061
17.2%
7
Austria
DKK 129341
17.6%
8
Hungary
DKK 127955
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 127717
18.7%
10
Ukraine
DKK 126385
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 125247
20.2%
12
Italy
DKK 117830
25.0%
13
Germany
DKK 116599
25.7%
14
Greece
DKK 114727
26.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 114244
27.2%
16
Poland
DKK 108981
30.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 105203
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 104767
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 103420
34.1%
20
Netherlands
DKK 98799
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 97851
37.7%
22
Romania
DKK 91845
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 132563
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 116648
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 141946
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 140325
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 139952
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 136563
13.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 133228
15.1%
5
Panama
DKK 130336
17.0%
6
Chile
DKK 126922
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 124197
20.9%
8
Peru
DKK 120712
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 117759
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 114951
26.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 102001
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 127770
18.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 116903
25.5%
2
Angola
DKK 115431
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 113449
27.7%
4
Morocco
DKK 110966
29.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 110924
29.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 110841
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 107662
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 104221
33.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 104109
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 102081
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 98600
37.2%
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.