Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,239 kr
Communal tax
- 28,064 kr
Church tax
- 1,044 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,482 kr
Net pay
* 91,522 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
91,522 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,482 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,404 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,004 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 33.2% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,004 kr a year living in the region of Frederikssund, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,482 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,522 kr per year, or 7,627 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,355 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 132871
3.0%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 129084
5.8%
2
Switzerland
DKK 126244
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 119193
13.0%
4
France
DKK 118542
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 117613
14.2%
6
Austria
DKK 115373
15.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 115334
15.8%
8
Spain
DKK 113599
17.1%
9
Hungary
DKK 111658
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 110450
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 110288
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 106458
22.3%
13
Germany
DKK 105175
23.2%
14
Greece
DKK 101470
25.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 100847
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 96212
29.8%
17
Finland
DKK 92043
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 91799
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 91750
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 88129
35.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 86213
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 80147
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117440
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 101825
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 129933
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 124492
9.1%
2
Australia
DKK 124165
9.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 124150
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 117365
14.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 115214
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115165
15.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 113403
17.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 112884
17.6%
9
Japan
DKK 109873
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109140
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 108994
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 107645
21.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 102763
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96608
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94037
31.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 123867
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 122885
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 122619
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 120676
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118393
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115209
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111104
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109459
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 105665
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103262
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101538
25.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 89004
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 113868
16.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102505
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 100884
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 99451
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98688
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 97762
28.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 97614
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94061
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92046
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 91112
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 89782
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86303
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 130154
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 130154
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 126044
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 126044
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 123304
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 121934
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 118985
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 104688
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 104078
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79002
42.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederikssund 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.