Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
160,164 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,815 kr
Communal tax
- 33,180 kr
Church tax
- 1,327 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 53,458 kr
Net pay
* 106,706 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
106,706 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
53,458 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
67,379 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 160,164 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 38.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 160,164 kr a year living in the region of Nordfyns, Denmark, you will be taxed 53,458 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106,706 kr per year, or 8,892 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 33.1%. 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 33.12 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.88 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,344 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134950
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118993
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 144807
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 143125
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142652
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 139065
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135553
15.4%
5
Panama
DKK 132730
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129425
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126529
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 123092
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 120053
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 117100
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 104058
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129955
18.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 119161
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117733
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115663
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 113007
29.4%
5
Ghana
DKK 112934
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 112883
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109814
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 106166
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 106147
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 104011
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100546
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 152156
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 152156
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 147351
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 147351
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 144148
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142546
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 137318
14.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 122058
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121448
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93649
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nordfyns 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.