Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
136,240 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,154 kr
Communal tax
- 26,519 kr
Church tax
- 800 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,609 kr
Net pay
* 92,631 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
92,631 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,609 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,531 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 136,240 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 38.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 136,240 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,609 kr. That means that your net pay will be 92,631 kr per year, or 7,719 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 132468
2.8%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 128574
5.6%
2
Switzerland
DKK 125564
7.8%
3
Russia
DKK 118529
13.0%
4
France
DKK 117928
13.4%
5
Norway
DKK 117016
14.1%
6
Austria
DKK 114835
15.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 114758
15.8%
8
Spain
DKK 113055
17.0%
9
Hungary
DKK 111036
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 109884
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 109673
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 106024
22.2%
13
Germany
DKK 104727
23.1%
14
Greece
DKK 100958
25.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 100335
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 95724
29.7%
17
Finland
DKK 91523
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 91337
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 91236
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 87725
35.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 85732
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 79700
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 116854
14.2%
1
Canada
DKK 101258
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 129221
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 123842
9.1%
2
Australia
DKK 123611
9.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 123487
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 116768
14.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 114595
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 114592
15.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 112847
17.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 112353
17.5%
9
Japan
DKK 109285
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 108521
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 108399
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 107130
21.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 102250
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96075
29.5%
15
India
DKK 93604
31.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 123177
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 122233
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 121935
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 120055
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 117806
13.5%
5
Panama
DKK 114631
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 110500
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 108895
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 105090
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 102708
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101112
25.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 88507
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 113337
16.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 101955
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 100328
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 98917
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98212
27.9%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 97259
28.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 97108
28.7%
7
Nigeria
DKK 93541
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 91581
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 90615
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 89307
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 85833
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 129428
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 129428
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 125341
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 125341
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 122616
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 121254
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 118321
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 104115
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 103505
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 78519
42.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.