Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
160,164 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,815 kr
Communal tax
- 32,159 kr
Church tax
- 1,353 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,462 kr
Net pay
* 107,702 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
107,702 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
52,462 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
66,384 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 160,164 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 160,164 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,462 kr. That means that your net pay will be 107,702 kr per year, or 8,975 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.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 111479
30.4%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 111020
30.7%
2
Tårnby
DKK 110956
30.7%
3
Gladsaxe
DKK 110139
31.2%
4
Hørsholm
DKK 110178
31.2%
5
Vejle
DKK 110216
31.2%
6
Gentofte
DKK 110075
31.3%
7
Glostrup
DKK 110075
31.3%
8
Herlev
DKK 110012
31.3%
9
Københavns
DKK 109820
31.4%
10
Allerød
DKK 109463
31.7%
11
Billund
DKK 109450
31.7%
12
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 109323
31.7%
13
Brøndby
DKK 109182
31.8%
14
Greve
DKK 109246
31.8%
15
Kalundborg
DKK 109042
31.9%
16
Aarhus
DKK 108978
32.0%
17
Dragør
DKK 108787
32.1%
18
Furesø
DKK 108735
32.1%
19
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 108799
32.1%
20
Solrød
DKK 108416
32.3%
21
Køge
DKK 108327
32.4%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 108161
32.5%
23
Herning
DKK 108174
32.5%
24
Ishøj
DKK 108161
32.5%
25
Næstved
DKK 108059
32.5%
26
Ikast-Brande
DKK 107944
32.6%
27
Odder
DKK 107970
32.6%
28
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 107970
32.6%
29
Roskilde
DKK 107983
32.6%
30
Slagelse
DKK 107957
32.6%
31
Varde
DKK 107970
32.6%
32
Ballerup
DKK 107753
32.7%
33
Gribskov
DKK 107715
32.7%
34
Helsingør
DKK 107842
32.7%
35
Horsens
DKK 107778
32.7%
36
Hvidovre
DKK 107753
32.7%
37
Odense
DKK 107817
32.7%
38
Vordingborg
DKK 107753
32.7%
39
Holbæk
DKK 107702
32.8%
40
Lejre
DKK 107574
32.8%
41
Vejen
DKK 107702
32.8%
42
Aalborg
DKK 107549
32.9%
43
Albertslund
DKK 107523
32.9%
44
Egedal
DKK 107447
32.9%
45
Fredericia
DKK 107549
32.9%
46
Hedensted
DKK 107549
32.9%
47
Kolding
DKK 107498
32.9%
48
Rødovre
DKK 107498
32.9%
49
Silkeborg
DKK 107459
32.9%
50
Struer
DKK 107396
32.9%
51
Tønder
DKK 107447
32.9%
52
Vallensbæk
DKK 107523
32.9%
53
Viborg
DKK 107485
32.9%
54
Aabenraa
DKK 107332
33.0%
55
Esbjerg
DKK 107255
33.0%
56
Fanø
DKK 107306
33.0%
57
Halsnæs
DKK 107332
33.0%
58
Hillerød
DKK 107344
33.0%
59
Holstebro
DKK 107293
33.0%
60
Lemvig
DKK 107242
33.0%
61
Rebild
DKK 107357
33.0%
62
Skive
DKK 107281
33.0%
63
Sønderborg
DKK 107255
33.0%
64
Favrskov
DKK 107191
33.1%
65
Middelfart
DKK 107140
33.1%
66
Randers
DKK 107153
33.1%
67
Faxe
DKK 106911
33.2%
68
Frederikssund
DKK 107064
33.2%
69
Skanderborg
DKK 107013
33.2%
70
Thisted
DKK 107051
33.2%
71
Guldborgsund
DKK 106809
33.3%
72
Jammerbugt
DKK 106885
33.3%
73
Morsø
DKK 106757
33.3%
74
Syddjurs
DKK 106885
33.3%
75
Assens
DKK 106655
33.4%
76
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 106592
33.4%
77
Kerteminde -
DKK 106655
33.4%
78
Mariagerfjord
DKK 106694
33.4%
79
Norddjurs
DKK 106630
33.4%
80
Nordfyns
DKK 106706
33.4%
81
Ringsted
DKK 106694
33.4%
82
Samsø
DKK 106604
33.4%
83
Stevns
DKK 106630
33.4%
84
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 106566
33.5%
85
Frederikshavn
DKK 106464
33.5%
86
Haderslev
DKK 106438
33.5%
87
Sorø
DKK 106438
33.5%
88
Ærø
DKK 106541
33.5%
89
Brønderslev
DKK 106273
33.6%
90
Hjørring
DKK 106387
33.6%
91
Nyborg
DKK 106375
33.6%
92
ODSHERRED
DKK 106400
33.6%
93
Svendborg
DKK 106349
33.6%
94
Langeland
DKK 106196
33.7%
95
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 106145
33.7%
96
Lolland
DKK 106081
33.8%
97
Læsø
DKK 105992
33.8%
98
Christiansø
DKK 153002
4.5%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 146814
8.3%
1
Switzerland
DKK 146475
8.6%
2
United Kingdom
DKK 144543
9.8%
3
Russia
DKK 139343
13.0%
4
France
DKK 137163
14.4%
5
Norway
DKK 134912
15.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 132326
17.4%
7
Austria
DKK 131543
17.9%
8
Hungary
DKK 130534
18.5%
9
Spain
DKK 129923
18.9%
10
Ukraine
DKK 128932
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 127588
20.3%
12
Italy
DKK 119630
25.3%
13
Germany
DKK 118389
26.1%
14
Greece
DKK 116790
27.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 116365
27.4%
16
Poland
DKK 111001
30.7%
17
Denmark
DKK 107332
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 106731
33.4%
19
Portugal
DKK 105142
34.4%
20
Netherlands
DKK 100790
37.1%
21
Belgium
DKK 99173
38.1%
22
Romania
DKK 93696
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 134950
15.7%
1
Canada
DKK 118993
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 151486
5.4%
1
Taiwan
DKK 144200
10.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 143705
10.3%
3
Australia
DKK 142411
11.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 135474
15.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 133999
16.3%
6
Pakistan
DKK 131876
17.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 130252
18.7%
8
Malaysia
DKK 128852
19.6%
9
Kazakhstan
DKK 127899
20.1%
10
Japan
DKK 127680
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 126986
20.7%
12
Philippines
DKK 123278
23.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 118309
26.1%
14
China
DKK 112762
29.6%
15
India
DKK 107192
33.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 144807
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 143125
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 142652
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 139065
13.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 135553
15.4%
5
Panama
DKK 132730
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 129425
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 126529
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 123092
23.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 120053
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 117100
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 104058
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129955
18.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 119161
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 117733
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 115663
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 113007
29.4%
5
Ghana
DKK 112934
29.5%
6
Morocco
DKK 112883
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109814
31.4%
8
Uganda
DKK 106166
33.7%
9
Cameroon
DKK 106147
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 104011
35.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 100546
37.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 152156
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 152156
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 147351
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 147351
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 144148
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 142546
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 137318
14.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 122058
23.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 121448
24.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 93649
41.5%
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.