Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,488 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,293 kr
Communal tax
- 28,165 kr
Church tax
- 1,179 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,773 kr
Net pay
* 91,715 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
91,715 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,773 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,694 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,488 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,488 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,773 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,715 kr per year, or 7,643 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 133127
3.2%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 129407
5.9%
2
Switzerland
DKK 126675
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 119615
13.0%
4
France
DKK 118931
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 117991
14.2%
6
Austria
DKK 115714
15.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 115699
15.9%
8
Spain
DKK 113944
17.1%
9
Hungary
DKK 112053
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 110808
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 110678
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 106734
22.4%
13
Germany
DKK 105459
23.3%
14
Greece
DKK 101794
26.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 101171
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 96521
29.8%
17
Finland
DKK 92372
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 92092
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 92076
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 88386
35.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 86517
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 80430
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117811
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 102184
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 130383
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 124903
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 124571
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 124516
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 117744
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 115607
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115528
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 113755
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113220
17.7%
9
Japan
DKK 110245
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109532
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 109370
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 107972
21.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103088
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96946
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94312
31.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 124305
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 123298
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 123052
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 121070
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118764
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115575
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111487
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109815
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 106029
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103613
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101807
26.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 89318
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 114204
16.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102854
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 101236
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 99790
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98989
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 98080
28.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 97934
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94390
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92341
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 91426
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 90083
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86600
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 130614
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 130614
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 126489
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 126489
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 123739
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 122364
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 119405
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 105051
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 104441
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79309
42.3%
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.