Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,685 kr
Communal tax
- 32,300 kr
Church tax
- 1,381 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,502 kr
Net pay
* 106,498 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
106,498 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,502 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,424 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 159,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.18 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 159,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,502 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106,498 kr per year, or 8,875 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 146053
8.1%
1
Switzerland
DKK 145543
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 143766
9.6%
3
Russia
DKK 138330
13.0%
4
France
DKK 136227
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 134122
15.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 131493
17.3%
7
Austria
DKK 130733
17.8%
8
Hungary
DKK 129585
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 129111
18.8%
10
Ukraine
DKK 127995
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 126727
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 118968
25.2%
13
Germany
DKK 117731
26.0%
14
Greece
DKK 116031
27.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 115585
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 110258
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 106549
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 106008
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 104508
34.3%
20
Netherlands
DKK 100058
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 98687
37.9%
22
Romania
DKK 93015
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134072
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118130
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 150411
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 143194
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 142744
10.2%
3
Australia
DKK 141492
11.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 134564
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 133055
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 131090
17.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 129405
18.6%
8
Malaysia
DKK 128058
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 126956
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 126785
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 126094
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 122493
23.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 117528
26.1%
14
China
DKK 111950
29.6%
15
India
DKK 106531
33.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 143754
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 142095
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 141659
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 138145
13.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 134698
15.3%
5
Panama
DKK 131849
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 128504
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 125671
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 122217
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 119209
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 116310
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 103301
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129152
18.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 118343
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 116886
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 114849
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 112240
29.4%
5
Morocco
DKK 112178
29.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 112164
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109022
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 105439
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 105409
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 103301
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 99830
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 151050
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 151050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 146280
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 146280
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 143100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 141510
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 136423
14.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 121185
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 120575
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 92913
41.6%
10
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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.