Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
160,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,852 kr
Communal tax
- 32,420 kr
Church tax
- 1,624 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,032 kr
Net pay
* 107,468 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
107,468 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,032 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,953 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 160,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.17 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 160,500 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,032 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,468 kr per year, or 8,956 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% 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 135203
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 119242
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 151792
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 144490
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 143982
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 142677
11.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 135737
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 134272
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 132103
17.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 130496
18.7%
8
Malaysia
DKK 129082
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 128171
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 127938
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 127243
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 123505
23.1%
13
Vietnam
DKK 118535
26.2%
14
China
DKK 112997
29.6%
15
India
DKK 107383
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 145110
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 143423
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142939
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 139331
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135800
15.4%
5
Panama
DKK 132984
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129690
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126776
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 123345
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 120296
25.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 117328
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 104276
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 130187
18.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 119385
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117977
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115899
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 113228
29.5%
5
Ghana
DKK 113156
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 113087
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 110043
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 106384
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 106352
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 104216
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100753
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 152475
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 152475
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 147660
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 147660
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 144450
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142845
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 137577
14.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 122310
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121700
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93862
41.5%
10
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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.