Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
149,240 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,600 kr
Communal tax
- 30,632 kr
Church tax
- 962 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 49,329 kr
Net pay
* 99,911 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
99,911 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
49,329 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
63,251 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 149,240 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 149,240 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 49,329 kr. That means that your net pay will be 99,911 kr per year, or 8,326 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 139676
6.4%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 137252
8.0%
2
Switzerland
DKK 137049
8.2%
3
Russia
DKK 129839
13.0%
4
France
DKK 128380
14.0%
5
Norway
DKK 127173
14.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 124504
16.6%
7
Austria
DKK 123940
17.0%
8
Spain
DKK 122307
18.1%
9
Hungary
DKK 121631
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 120138
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 119504
19.9%
12
Italy
DKK 113417
24.0%
13
Germany
DKK 112210
24.8%
14
Greece
DKK 109665
26.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 109045
26.9%
16
Poland
DKK 104025
30.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 99982
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 99950
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 99197
33.5%
20
Belgium
DKK 94607
36.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 93917
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 87305
41.5%
23
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 141324
5.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 134756
9.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 134695
9.8%
3
Australia
DKK 133781
10.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 126933
15.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 125139
16.2%
6
Pakistan
DKK 124121
16.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 122304
18.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 121382
18.7%
9
Japan
DKK 119281
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 119051
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 118518
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 115905
22.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 110976
25.6%
14
China
DKK 105143
29.6%
15
India
DKK 100988
32.3%
16
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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.