Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
154,700 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,207 kr
Communal tax
- 31,162 kr
Church tax
- 1,478 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,983 kr
Net pay
* 103,717 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
103,717 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
50,983 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,904 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 154,700 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.20 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 154,700 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,983 kr. That means that your net pay will be 103,717 kr per year, or 8,643 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.32 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 3,366 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 130829
15.4%
1
Canada
DKK 114943
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 126171
18.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 115247
25.5%
2
Angola
DKK 113758
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 111839
27.7%
4
Morocco
DKK 109572
29.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 109410
29.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 109320
29.3%
7
Nigeria
DKK 106097
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 102820
33.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 102614
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 100677
34.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 97186
37.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.