Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,696 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,763 kr
Communal tax
- 31,936 kr
Church tax
- 1,209 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,043 kr
Net pay
* 107,653 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
107,653 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,043 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,965 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 159,696 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 159,696 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,043 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,653 kr per year, or 8,971 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 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 3,385 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 146508
8.3%
1
Switzerland
DKK 146102
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 144231
9.7%
3
Russia
DKK 138936
13.0%
4
France
DKK 136786
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 134595
15.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 131991
17.4%
7
Austria
DKK 131217
17.8%
8
Hungary
DKK 130152
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 129597
18.9%
10
Ukraine
DKK 128555
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 127242
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 119363
25.3%
13
Germany
DKK 118124
26.0%
14
Greece
DKK 116485
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 116052
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 110702
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 107017
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 106440
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 104887
34.3%
20
Netherlands
DKK 100496
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 98977
38.0%
22
Romania
DKK 93422
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134597
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118646
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 151059
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 143795
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 143319
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 142042
11.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 135108
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 133620
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 131560
17.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 129911
18.7%
8
Malaysia
DKK 128533
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 127520
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 127320
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 126627
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 122963
23.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 117995
26.1%
14
China
DKK 112436
29.6%
15
India
DKK 106927
33.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 144384
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 142711
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142253
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 138695
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135209
15.3%
5
Panama
DKK 132376
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129054
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126184
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 122740
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 119713
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 116782
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 103754
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129633
18.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 118844
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117392
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115336
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 112698
29.4%
5
Ghana
DKK 112624
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 112600
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109496
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 105862
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 105861
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 103725
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100258
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 151711
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 151711
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 146920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 146920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 143726
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142130
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 136958
14.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 121707
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121097
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93353
41.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.