Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,741 kr
Communal tax
- 31,896 kr
Church tax
- 1,207 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,980 kr
Net pay
* 107,520 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
107,520 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,980 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,901 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 159,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 38.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 159,500 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,980 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,520 kr per year, or 8,960 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 146380
8.2%
1
Switzerland
DKK 145946
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 144100
9.7%
3
Russia
DKK 138765
13.0%
4
France
DKK 136629
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 134462
15.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 131851
17.3%
7
Austria
DKK 131081
17.8%
8
Hungary
DKK 129992
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 129460
18.8%
10
Ukraine
DKK 128397
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 127097
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 119252
25.2%
13
Germany
DKK 118014
26.0%
14
Greece
DKK 116357
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 115920
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 110577
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 106885
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 106318
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 104780
34.3%
20
Netherlands
DKK 100372
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 98896
38.0%
22
Romania
DKK 93308
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134449
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118501
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 150877
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 143626
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 143157
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 141887
11.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 134955
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 133461
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 131428
17.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 129769
18.6%
8
Malaysia
DKK 128399
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 127361
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 127169
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 126477
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 122830
23.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 117863
26.1%
14
China
DKK 112299
29.6%
15
India
DKK 106815
33.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 144206
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 142538
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142086
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 138540
13.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 135065
15.3%
5
Panama
DKK 132228
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 128899
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126039
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 122593
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 119571
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 116649
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 103626
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129497
18.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 118703
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117250
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115199
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 112569
29.4%
5
Ghana
DKK 112495
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 112481
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109362
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 105743
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 105734
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 103606
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 100138
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 151525
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 151525
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 146740
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 146740
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 143550
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 141955
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 136807
14.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 121560
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 120950
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93229
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.