Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,508 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,295 kr
Communal tax
- 26,554 kr
Church tax
- 797 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,781 kr
Net pay
* 93,727 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
93,727 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,781 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,703 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,508 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 38.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,508 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,781 kr. That means that your net pay will be 93,727 kr per year, or 7,811 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% 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 31.51 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.49 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117826
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 102198
25.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 130633
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 130633
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 126507
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 126507
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 123757
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 122382
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 119423
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 105066
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 104456
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79321
42.3%
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.