Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
140,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,572 kr
Communal tax
- 28,360 kr
Church tax
- 801 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,869 kr
Net pay
* 94,135 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
94,135 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,869 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,790 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 140,004 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.27 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 140,004 kr a year living in the region of Ballerup, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,869 kr. That means that your net pay will be 94,135 kr per year, or 7,845 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 32.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 134455
4.0%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 131087
6.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 128914
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 121803
13.0%
4
France
DKK 120954
13.6%
5
Norway
DKK 119957
14.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 117598
16.0%
7
Austria
DKK 117487
16.1%
8
Spain
DKK 115735
17.3%
9
Hungary
DKK 114103
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 112703
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 112670
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 108165
22.7%
13
Germany
DKK 106934
23.6%
14
Greece
DKK 103480
26.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 102857
26.5%
16
Poland
DKK 98128
29.9%
17
Finland
DKK 94085
32.8%
18
Denmark
DKK 93768
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 93614
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 89720
35.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 88100
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 81902
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 119740
14.5%
1
Canada
DKK 104049
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 132726
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 127042
9.3%
2
Taiwan
DKK 126757
9.5%
3
Australia
DKK 126485
9.7%
4
South Korea
DKK 119711
14.5%
5
New Zealand
DKK 117648
16.0%
6
Pakistan
DKK 117415
16.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 115585
17.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 114967
17.9%
9
Japan
DKK 112179
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 111570
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 111329
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 109670
21.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 104777
25.2%
14
China
DKK 98701
29.5%
15
India
DKK 95741
31.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 126580
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 125446
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 125283
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 123116
12.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 120695
13.8%
5
Panama
DKK 117479
16.1%
6
Chile
DKK 113477
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 111670
20.2%
8
Peru
DKK 107922
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 105437
24.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 103409
26.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 90954
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 115954
17.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 104665
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 103066
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 101551
27.5%
4
Morocco
DKK 100554
28.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 99737
28.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 99598
28.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 96101
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 93873
33.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 93062
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 91647
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 88148
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 133004
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 133004
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 128804
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 128804
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 126004
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 124604
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 121590
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 106938
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 106328
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 80900
42.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ballerup 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.