Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
159,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 17,685 kr
Communal tax
- 32,300 kr
Church tax
- 1,178 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 52,299 kr
Net pay
* 106,701 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 159,000 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 52,299 kr. That means that your net pay will be 106,701 kr per year, or 8,892 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.63 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.37 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 143754
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 142095
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 141659
10.9%
3
Ecuador
DKK 138145
13.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 134698
15.3%
5
Panama
DKK 131849
17.1%
6
Chile
DKK 128504
19.2%
7
Mexico
DKK 125671
21.0%
8
Peru
DKK 122217
23.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 119209
25.0%
10
Uruguay
DKK 116310
26.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 103301
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 129152
18.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 118343
25.6%
2
Angola
DKK 116886
26.5%
3
Kenya
DKK 114849
27.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 112240
29.4%
5
Morocco
DKK 112178
29.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 112164
29.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 109022
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 105439
33.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 105409
33.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 103301
35.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 99830
37.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.