Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
158,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,574 kr
Communal tax
- 31,715 kr
Church tax
- 1,334 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 51,759 kr
Net pay
* 106,241 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
106,241 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
51,759 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
65,681 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 158,000 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 158,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 51,759 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106,241 kr per year, or 8,853 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 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 145400
8.0%
1
Switzerland
DKK 144674
8.4%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 143099
9.4%
3
Russia
DKK 137460
13.0%
4
France
DKK 135423
14.3%
5
Norway
DKK 133443
15.5%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 130777
17.2%
7
Austria
DKK 130037
17.7%
8
Hungary
DKK 128770
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 128414
18.7%
10
Ukraine
DKK 127190
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 125987
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 118399
25.1%
13
Germany
DKK 117165
25.8%
14
Greece
DKK 115379
27.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 114915
27.3%
16
Poland
DKK 109619
30.6%
17
Denmark
DKK 105876
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 105387
33.3%
19
Portugal
DKK 103964
34.2%
20
Netherlands
DKK 99428
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 98268
37.8%
22
Romania
DKK 92430
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 133318
15.6%
1
Canada
DKK 117389
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 149480
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 142329
9.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 141920
10.2%
3
Australia
DKK 140702
11.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 133782
15.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 132244
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 130414
17.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 128677
18.6%
8
Malaysia
DKK 127375
19.4%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 126146
20.2%
10
Japan
DKK 126016
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 125329
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 121818
22.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 116856
26.0%
14
China
DKK 111253
29.6%
15
India
DKK 105963
32.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 142850
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 141210
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 140805
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 137354
13.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 133963
15.2%
5
Panama
DKK 131093
17.0%
6
Chile
DKK 127713
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 124934
20.9%
8
Peru
DKK 121464
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 118484
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 115630
26.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 102651
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 128462
18.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 117623
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 116158
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 114149
27.8%
4
Morocco
DKK 111572
29.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 111582
29.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 111503
29.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 108342
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 104830
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 104759
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 102691
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 99215
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 150100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 150100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 145360
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 145360
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 142200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 140620
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 135653
14.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 120435
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 119825
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 92281
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.