Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
157,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,518 kr
Communal tax
- 31,801 kr
Church tax
- 1,593 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,048 kr
Net pay
* 105,452 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
105,452 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,048 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,970 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 157,500 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 157,500 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,048 kr. That means that your net pay will be 105,452 kr per year, or 8,788 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 132941
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 117018
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 149015
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 141897
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 141507
10.2%
3
Australia
DKK 140307
10.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 133391
15.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 131839
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 130055
17.4%
7
Indonesia
DKK 128314
18.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 127034
19.3%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 125741
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 125632
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 124946
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 121480
22.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 116521
26.0%
14
China
DKK 110904
29.6%
15
India
DKK 105679
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 142398
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 140768
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 140379
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 136959
13.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 133595
15.2%
5
Panama
DKK 130715
17.0%
6
Chile
DKK 127317
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 124565
20.9%
8
Peru
DKK 121088
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 118121
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 115291
26.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 102326
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.