Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,016 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,240 kr
Communal tax
- 27,958 kr
Church tax
- 827 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,160 kr
Net pay
* 91,856 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
91,856 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,160 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,082 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,016 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.31 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 137,016 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,160 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,856 kr per year, or 7,655 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117449
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 101834
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 123878
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 122895
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 122629
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 120686
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118402
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115218
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111114
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109467
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 105674
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103270
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101544
25.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 89012
35.0%
12
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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.