Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,900 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,785 kr
Communal tax
- 31,977 kr
Church tax
- 1,210 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,109 kr
Net pay
* 107,791 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
107,791 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,109 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,031 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 159,900 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 159,900 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,109 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,791 kr per year, or 8,983 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 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 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 146641
8.3%
1
Switzerland
DKK 146264
8.5%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 144367
9.7%
3
Russia
DKK 139113
13.0%
4
France
DKK 136950
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 134733
15.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 132137
17.4%
7
Austria
DKK 131359
17.9%
8
Hungary
DKK 130319
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 129739
18.9%
10
Ukraine
DKK 128720
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 127393
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 119479
25.3%
13
Germany
DKK 118240
26.1%
14
Greece
DKK 116618
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 116188
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 110832
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 107154
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 106567
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 104998
34.3%
20
Netherlands
DKK 100624
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99063
38.1%
22
Romania
DKK 93541
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134751
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118798
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 151245
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 143972
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 143487
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 142203
11.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 135268
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 133785
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 131698
17.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 130060
18.7%
8
Malaysia
DKK 128672
19.5%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 127685
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 127477
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 126784
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 123100
23.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 118132
26.1%
14
China
DKK 112578
29.6%
15
India
DKK 107042
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 144568
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 142892
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142427
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 138856
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135359
15.4%
5
Panama
DKK 132530
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129216
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126334
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 122894
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 119861
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 116921
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 103886
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129773
18.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 118986
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117541
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115479
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 112833
29.4%
5
Ghana
DKK 112759
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 112723
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109634
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 105994
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 105986
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 103850
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100384
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 151905
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 151905
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 147108
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 147108
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 143910
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142311
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 137115
14.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 121860
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121250
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93482
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.