Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
138,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,349 kr
Communal tax
- 28,273 kr
Church tax
- 1,184 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,942 kr
Net pay
* 92,058 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
92,058 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,942 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,863 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 138,000 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 138,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,942 kr. That means that your net pay will be 92,058 kr per year, or 7,672 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 133397
3.3%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 129749
6.0%
2
Switzerland
DKK 127130
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 120060
13.0%
4
France
DKK 119343
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 118391
14.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 116086
15.9%
7
Austria
DKK 116075
15.9%
8
Spain
DKK 114308
17.2%
9
Hungary
DKK 112470
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 111187
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 111090
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 107025
22.5%
13
Germany
DKK 105759
23.4%
14
Greece
DKK 102137
26.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 101514
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 96848
29.8%
17
Finland
DKK 92721
32.8%
18
Denmark
DKK 92420
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 92401
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 88657
35.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 86839
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 80730
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 118203
14.4%
1
Canada
DKK 102563
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 130860
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 125338
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 125016
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 124902
9.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 118144
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 116022
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115912
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 114127
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113576
17.7%
9
Japan
DKK 110639
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109946
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 109769
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 108318
21.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103431
25.1%
14
China
DKK 97303
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94603
31.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 124768
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 123735
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 123510
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 121486
12.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 119157
13.7%
5
Panama
DKK 115963
16.0%
6
Chile
DKK 111892
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 110193
20.2%
8
Peru
DKK 106414
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103984
24.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 102093
26.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 89651
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 114560
17.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 103223
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 101608
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 100149
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 99307
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 98417
28.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 98273
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94738
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92653
32.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 91759
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 90401
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86915
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 131100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 131100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 126960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 126960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 124200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 122820
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 119850
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 105435
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 104825
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79632
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.