Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
131,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,571 kr
Communal tax
- 26,804 kr
Church tax
- 1,122 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,632 kr
Net pay
* 87,368 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
87,368 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,632 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,554 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 131,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.39 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 39.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 131,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,632 kr. That means that your net pay will be 87,368 kr per year, or 7,281 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 128881
1.6%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 125076
4.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 120896
7.7%
3
Russia
DKK 113970
13.0%
4
France
DKK 113715
13.2%
5
Norway
DKK 112922
13.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 110791
15.4%
7
Austria
DKK 110693
15.5%
8
Spain
DKK 110385
15.7%
9
Hungary
DKK 106765
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 106007
19.1%
11
Ukraine
DKK 105455
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 103044
21.3%
13
Germany
DKK 101588
22.5%
14
Greece
DKK 97448
25.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 96824
26.1%
16
Poland
DKK 92378
29.5%
17
Portugal
DKK 88166
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 87956
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 87710
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 84947
35.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 82436
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 76635
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 112821
13.9%
1
Canada
DKK 97374
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 124309
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 119810
8.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 119388
8.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 118933
9.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 112671
14.0%
5
Pakistan
DKK 110662
15.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 110344
15.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 109035
16.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 108714
17.0%
9
Japan
DKK 105256
19.7%
10
Singapore
DKK 104320
20.4%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 104276
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 103562
21.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 98733
24.6%
14
China
DKK 92420
29.5%
15
India
DKK 90627
30.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 118439
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 117761
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 117245
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 115789
11.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 113785
13.1%
5
Panama
DKK 110667
15.5%
6
Chile
DKK 106355
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 105033
19.8%
8
Peru
DKK 101147
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 98909
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 98193
25.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 85101
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 109522
16.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 98183
25.1%
2
Angola
DKK 96516
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 95249
27.3%
4
Morocco
DKK 94952
27.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 93810
28.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 93642
28.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 89977
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 88391
32.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 87209
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 86050
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 82610
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 124450
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 124450
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 120520
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 120520
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 117900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 116590
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 113771
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 100185
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 99575
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 75205
42.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.