Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
136,344 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,165 kr
Communal tax
- 27,925 kr
Church tax
- 877 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,103 kr
Net pay
* 91,241 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
91,241 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,103 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,025 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 136,344 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 136,344 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,103 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,241 kr per year, or 7,603 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.23 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 132523
2.8%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 128644
5.7%
2
Switzerland
DKK 125657
7.8%
3
Russia
DKK 118619
13.0%
4
France
DKK 118011
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 117097
14.1%
6
Austria
DKK 114908
15.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 114836
15.8%
8
Spain
DKK 113129
17.0%
9
Hungary
DKK 111120
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 109961
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 109757
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 106083
22.2%
13
Germany
DKK 104788
23.1%
14
Greece
DKK 101028
25.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 100405
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 95791
29.7%
17
Finland
DKK 91594
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 91400
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 91306
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 87780
35.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 85798
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 79761
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 116934
14.2%
1
Canada
DKK 101336
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 129318
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 123931
9.1%
2
Australia
DKK 123686
9.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 123577
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 116849
14.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 114679
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 114670
15.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 112923
17.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 112426
17.5%
9
Japan
DKK 109365
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 108605
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 108480
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 107200
21.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 102320
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96148
29.5%
15
India
DKK 93663
31.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 123271
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 122322
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 122028
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 120140
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 117886
13.5%
5
Panama
DKK 114710
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 110582
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 108972
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 105168
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 102783
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101170
25.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 88575
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 113409
16.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102030
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 100404
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 98989
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98277
27.9%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 97327
28.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 97177
28.7%
7
Nigeria
DKK 93612
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 91644
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 90683
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 89372
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 85897
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 129527
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 129527
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 125437
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 125436
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 122710
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 121346
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 118412
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 104193
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 103583
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 78585
42.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.