Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
140,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,572 kr
Communal tax
- 28,470 kr
Church tax
- 1,057 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 46,234 kr
Net pay
* 93,766 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
93,766 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
46,234 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
60,156 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 140,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.30 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 140,000 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 46,234 kr. That means that your net pay will be 93,766 kr per year, or 7,814 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.72 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.28 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,364 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 97380
30.4%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 96980
30.7%
2
Tårnby
DKK 96924
30.8%
3
Vejle
DKK 96279
31.2%
4
Gentofte
DKK 96157
31.3%
5
Gladsaxe
DKK 96212
31.3%
6
Glostrup
DKK 96157
31.3%
7
Hørsholm
DKK 96246
31.3%
8
Herlev
DKK 96101
31.4%
9
Københavns
DKK 95934
31.5%
10
Allerød
DKK 95623
31.7%
11
Billund
DKK 95612
31.7%
12
Greve
DKK 95434
31.8%
13
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 95501
31.8%
14
Brøndby
DKK 95378
31.9%
15
Aarhus
DKK 95200
32.0%
16
Kalundborg
DKK 95256
32.0%
17
Dragør
DKK 95033
32.1%
18
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 95045
32.1%
19
Furesø
DKK 94989
32.2%
20
Solrød
DKK 94711
32.3%
21
Køge
DKK 94633
32.4%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 94489
32.5%
23
Herning
DKK 94500
32.5%
24
Ishøj
DKK 94489
32.5%
25
Ikast-Brande
DKK 94299
32.6%
26
Næstved
DKK 94400
32.6%
27
Odder
DKK 94322
32.6%
28
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 94322
32.6%
29
Roskilde
DKK 94333
32.6%
30
Slagelse
DKK 94311
32.6%
31
Varde
DKK 94322
32.6%
32
Helsingør
DKK 94210
32.7%
33
Horsens
DKK 94155
32.7%
34
Odense
DKK 94188
32.7%
35
Ballerup
DKK 94133
32.8%
36
Gribskov
DKK 94099
32.8%
37
Holbæk
DKK 94088
32.8%
38
Hvidovre
DKK 94133
32.8%
39
Vejen
DKK 94088
32.8%
40
Vordingborg
DKK 94133
32.8%
41
Aalborg
DKK 93955
32.9%
42
Albertslund
DKK 93932
32.9%
43
Fredericia
DKK 93955
32.9%
44
Hedensted
DKK 93955
32.9%
45
Kolding
DKK 93910
32.9%
46
Lejre
DKK 93977
32.9%
47
Rødovre
DKK 93910
32.9%
48
Silkeborg
DKK 93877
32.9%
49
Vallensbæk
DKK 93932
32.9%
50
Viborg
DKK 93899
32.9%
51
Aabenraa
DKK 93766
33.0%
52
Egedal
DKK 93866
33.0%
53
Fanø
DKK 93743
33.0%
54
Halsnæs
DKK 93766
33.0%
55
Hillerød
DKK 93777
33.0%
56
Holstebro
DKK 93732
33.0%
57
Rebild
DKK 93788
33.0%
58
Struer
DKK 93821
33.0%
59
Tønder
DKK 93866
33.0%
60
Esbjerg
DKK 93699
33.1%
61
Favrskov
DKK 93643
33.1%
62
Lemvig
DKK 93688
33.1%
63
Middelfart
DKK 93599
33.1%
64
Randers
DKK 93610
33.1%
65
Skive
DKK 93721
33.1%
66
Sønderborg
DKK 93699
33.1%
67
Frederikssund
DKK 93532
33.2%
68
Skanderborg
DKK 93488
33.2%
69
Thisted
DKK 93521
33.2%
70
Faxe
DKK 93399
33.3%
71
Jammerbugt
DKK 93376
33.3%
72
Syddjurs
DKK 93376
33.3%
73
Assens
DKK 93176
33.4%
74
Guldborgsund
DKK 93310
33.4%
75
Kerteminde -
DKK 93176
33.4%
76
Mariagerfjord
DKK 93210
33.4%
77
Morsø
DKK 93265
33.4%
78
Nordfyns
DKK 93221
33.4%
79
Ringsted
DKK 93210
33.4%
80
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 93121
33.5%
81
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 93098
33.5%
82
Norddjurs
DKK 93154
33.5%
83
Samsø
DKK 93132
33.5%
84
Stevns
DKK 93154
33.5%
85
Ærø
DKK 93076
33.5%
86
Frederikshavn
DKK 93009
33.6%
87
Haderslev
DKK 92987
33.6%
88
Hjørring
DKK 92943
33.6%
89
Nyborg
DKK 92932
33.6%
90
ODSHERRED
DKK 92954
33.6%
91
Sorø
DKK 92987
33.6%
92
Svendborg
DKK 92909
33.6%
93
Brønderslev
DKK 92843
33.7%
94
Langeland
DKK 92776
33.7%
95
Lolland
DKK 92676
33.8%
96
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 92731
33.8%
97
Læsø
DKK 92598
33.9%
98
Christiansø
DKK 133596
4.6%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 134453
4.0%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 131084
6.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 128910
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 121800
13.0%
4
France
DKK 120951
13.6%
5
Norway
DKK 119954
14.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 117595
16.0%
7
Austria
DKK 117484
16.1%
8
Spain
DKK 115732
17.3%
9
Hungary
DKK 114100
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 112700
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 112667
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 108162
22.7%
13
Germany
DKK 106932
23.6%
14
Greece
DKK 103477
26.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 102854
26.5%
16
Poland
DKK 98125
29.9%
17
Finland
DKK 94082
32.8%
18
Denmark
DKK 93766
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 93611
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 89717
35.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 88097
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 81900
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 119736
14.5%
1
Canada
DKK 104046
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 132722
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 127038
9.3%
2
Taiwan
DKK 126754
9.5%
3
Australia
DKK 126482
9.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 119708
14.5%
5
New Zealand
DKK 117644
16.0%
6
Pakistan
DKK 117412
16.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 115582
17.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 114965
17.9%
9
Japan
DKK 112176
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 111566
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 111326
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 109668
21.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 104774
25.2%
14
China
DKK 98698
29.5%
15
India
DKK 95739
31.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 126576
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 125442
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 125280
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 123113
12.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 120692
13.8%
5
Panama
DKK 117476
16.1%
6
Chile
DKK 113474
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 111667
20.2%
8
Peru
DKK 107919
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 105434
24.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 103406
26.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 90951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 115951
17.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 104663
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 103063
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 101549
27.5%
4
Morocco
DKK 100552
28.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 99734
28.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 99596
28.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 96098
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 93870
33.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 93059
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 91644
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 88145
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 133000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 133000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 128800
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 128800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 126000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 124600
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 121586
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 106935
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 106325
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 80897
42.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.