Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
161,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,963 kr
Communal tax
- 33,849 kr
Church tax
- 1,583 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 54,531 kr
Net pay
* 106,969 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
106,969 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
54,531 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
68,452 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 161,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 39.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 161,500 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 54,531 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106,969 kr per year, or 8,914 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.52 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.48 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,324 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 135958
15.8%
1
Canada
DKK 119984
25.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.