Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
157,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,518 kr
Communal tax
- 31,989 kr
Church tax
- 1,367 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,011 kr
Net pay
* 105,489 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
105,489 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,011 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,932 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 Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,011 kr. That means that your net pay will be 105,489 kr per year, or 8,791 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 132941
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 117018
25.7%
2
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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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 128117
18.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 117263
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 115795
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 113799
27.8%
4
Morocco
DKK 111269
29.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 111253
29.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 111172
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 108002
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 104525
33.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 104434
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 102386
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 98908
37.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.