Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
131,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,626 kr
Communal tax
- 25,365 kr
Church tax
- 761 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 41,889 kr
Net pay
* 89,611 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.9%
68.1%
Net pay
31.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
89,611 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
41,889 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
55,810 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 131,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.9% tax rate now rises to 38.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 131,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 41,889 kr. That means that your net pay will be 89,611 kr per year, or 7,468 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,425 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 113207
13.9%
1
Canada
DKK 97745
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 124781
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 120173
8.6%
2
Thailand
DKK 119813
8.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 119368
9.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 113062
14.0%
5
Pakistan
DKK 111037
15.6%
6
New Zealand
DKK 110750
15.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 109399
16.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 109062
17.1%
9
Japan
DKK 105641
19.7%
10
Singapore
DKK 104709
20.4%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 104681
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 103910
21.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 99068
24.7%
14
China
DKK 92769
29.5%
15
India
DKK 90911
30.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 118891
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 118188
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 117692
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 116197
11.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 114169
13.2%
5
Panama
DKK 111046
15.6%
6
Chile
DKK 106750
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 105402
19.9%
8
Peru
DKK 101523
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 99271
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 98471
25.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 85426
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 109892
16.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 98543
25.1%
2
Angola
DKK 96880
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 95599
27.3%
4
Morocco
DKK 95264
27.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 94139
28.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 93973
28.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 90317
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 88695
32.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 87534
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 86361
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 82918
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 124925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 124925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 120980
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 120980
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 118350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 117035
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 114206
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 100560
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 99950
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 75522
42.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.