Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
155,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,296 kr
Communal tax
- 31,203 kr
Church tax
- 1,313 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,947 kr
Net pay
* 104,553 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
104,553 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
50,947 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,869 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 155,500 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
38.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 155,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,947 kr. That means that your net pay will be 104,553 kr per year, or 8,713 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 143766
7.6%
1
Switzerland
DKK 142502
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 141430
9.1%
3
Russia
DKK 135285
13.0%
4
France
DKK 133413
14.2%
5
Norway
DKK 131746
15.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 128987
17.1%
7
Austria
DKK 128297
17.5%
8
Hungary
DKK 126732
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 126671
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 125177
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 124137
20.2%
12
Italy
DKK 116977
24.8%
13
Germany
DKK 115751
25.6%
14
Greece
DKK 113748
26.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 113239
27.2%
16
Poland
DKK 108023
30.5%
17
Denmark
DKK 104194
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 103836
33.2%
19
Portugal
DKK 102604
34.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 97855
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 97223
37.5%
22
Romania
DKK 90967
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 131432
15.5%
1
Canada
DKK 115536
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 147153
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 140168
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 139858
10.1%
3
Australia
DKK 138727
10.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 131827
15.2%
5
New Zealand
DKK 130216
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 128618
17.3%
7
Indonesia
DKK 126859
18.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 125668
19.2%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 124121
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 124094
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 123391
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 120130
22.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 115178
25.9%
14
China
DKK 109509
29.6%
15
India
DKK 104543
32.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 140590
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 138997
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 138672
10.8%
3
Ecuador
DKK 135377
12.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 132126
15.0%
5
Panama
DKK 129202
16.9%
6
Chile
DKK 125735
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 123091
20.8%
8
Peru
DKK 119583
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 116671
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 113933
26.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 101026
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 126727
18.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 115823
25.5%
2
Angola
DKK 114340
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 112399
27.7%
4
Morocco
DKK 110057
29.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 109937
29.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 109849
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 106642
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 103308
33.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 103134
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 101166
34.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 97678
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 147725
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 147725
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 143060
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 143060
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 139950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 138395
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 133730
14.0%
7
Egypt
DKK 118560
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 117950
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 90700
41.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.