Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
146,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,295 kr
Communal tax
- 30,057 kr
Church tax
- 1,258 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 48,746 kr
Net pay
* 97,754 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
97,754 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
48,746 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,667 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 146,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.28 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 146,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 48,746 kr. That means that your net pay will be 97,754 kr per year, or 8,146 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 124644
14.9%
1
Canada
DKK 108864
25.7%
2
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.