Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
131,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,575 kr
Communal tax
- 27,124 kr
Church tax
- 1,018 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,853 kr
Net pay
* 87,187 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
87,187 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,853 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,775 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 131,040 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.41 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 39.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 131,040 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,853 kr. That means that your net pay will be 87,187 kr per year, or 7,266 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,343 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 112852
13.9%
1
Canada
DKK 97404
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 124347
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 119839
8.6%
2
Thailand
DKK 119422
8.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 118968
9.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 112702
14.0%
5
Pakistan
DKK 110692
15.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 110377
15.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 109064
16.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 108742
17.0%
9
Japan
DKK 105287
19.7%
10
Singapore
DKK 104351
20.4%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 104309
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 103590
21.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 98760
24.6%
14
China
DKK 92448
29.5%
15
India
DKK 90650
30.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 118475
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 117795
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 117281
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 115822
11.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 113816
13.1%
5
Panama
DKK 110698
15.5%
6
Chile
DKK 106386
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 105063
19.8%
8
Peru
DKK 101177
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 98938
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 98215
25.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 85127
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 109552
16.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 98211
25.1%
2
Angola
DKK 96545
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 95277
27.3%
4
Morocco
DKK 94977
27.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 93836
28.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 93669
28.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 90004
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 88415
32.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 87235
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 86075
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 82635
36.9%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens 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.