Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
157,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,463 kr
Communal tax
- 31,510 kr
Church tax
- 1,325 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,434 kr
Net pay
* 105,566 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
105,566 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,434 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,356 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 157,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 157,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,434 kr. That means that your net pay will be 105,566 kr per year, or 8,797 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 144746
7.8%
1
Switzerland
DKK 143805
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 142431
9.3%
3
Russia
DKK 136590
13.0%
4
France
DKK 134619
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 132764
15.4%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 130061
17.2%
7
Austria
DKK 129341
17.6%
8
Hungary
DKK 127955
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 127717
18.7%
10
Ukraine
DKK 126385
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 125247
20.2%
12
Italy
DKK 117830
25.0%
13
Germany
DKK 116599
25.7%
14
Greece
DKK 114727
26.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 114244
27.2%
16
Poland
DKK 108981
30.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 105203
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 104767
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 103420
34.1%
20
Netherlands
DKK 98799
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 97851
37.7%
22
Romania
DKK 91845
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 132563
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 116648
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 148549
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 141465
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 141095
10.1%
3
Australia
DKK 139912
10.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 133000
15.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 131433
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 129695
17.4%
7
Indonesia
DKK 127950
18.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 126692
19.3%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 125336
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 125247
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 124559
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 121143
22.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 116185
26.0%
14
China
DKK 110555
29.6%
15
India
DKK 105395
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 141946
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 140325
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 139952
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 136563
13.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 133228
15.1%
5
Panama
DKK 130336
17.0%
6
Chile
DKK 126922
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 124197
20.9%
8
Peru
DKK 120712
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 117759
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 114951
26.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 102001
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 127770
18.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 116903
25.5%
2
Angola
DKK 115431
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 113449
27.7%
4
Morocco
DKK 110966
29.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 110924
29.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 110841
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 107662
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 104221
33.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 104109
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 102081
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 98600
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 149150
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 149150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 144440
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 144440
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 141300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 139730
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 134884
14.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 119685
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 119075
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 91648
41.6%
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.