Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,741 kr
Communal tax
- 32,404 kr
Church tax
- 1,385 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,666 kr
Net pay
* 106,834 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
106,834 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,666 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,587 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, 4.17 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 159,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,666 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106,834 kr per year, or 8,903 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 32.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.24 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134449
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118501
25.7%
2
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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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.