Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
131,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,626 kr
Communal tax
- 26,804 kr
Church tax
- 793 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,359 kr
Net pay
* 88,141 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
88,141 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,359 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,281 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 131,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 131,500 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,359 kr. That means that your net pay will be 88,141 kr per year, or 7,345 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 32.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.35 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 3,368 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 129271
1.7%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 125410
4.6%
2
Switzerland
DKK 121342
7.7%
3
Russia
DKK 114405
13.0%
4
France
DKK 114117
13.2%
5
Norway
DKK 113313
13.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 111170
15.5%
7
Austria
DKK 111115
15.5%
8
Spain
DKK 110578
15.9%
9
Hungary
DKK 107172
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 106377
19.1%
11
Ukraine
DKK 105857
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 103328
21.4%
13
Germany
DKK 101891
22.5%
14
Greece
DKK 97783
25.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 97159
26.1%
16
Poland
DKK 92698
29.5%
17
Portugal
DKK 88469
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 88296
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 88047
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 85212
35.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 82751
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 76927
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 113207
13.9%
1
Canada
DKK 97745
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 118891
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 118188
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 117692
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 116197
11.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 114169
13.2%
5
Panama
DKK 111046
15.6%
6
Chile
DKK 106750
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 105402
19.9%
8
Peru
DKK 101523
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 99271
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 98471
25.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 85426
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 109892
16.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 98543
25.1%
2
Angola
DKK 96880
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 95599
27.3%
4
Morocco
DKK 95264
27.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 94139
28.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 93973
28.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 90317
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 88695
32.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 87534
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 86361
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 82918
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 124925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 124925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 120980
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 120980
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 118350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 117035
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 114206
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 100560
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 99950
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 75522
42.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Egedal 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.