Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
138,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,405 kr
Communal tax
- 26,750 kr
Church tax
- 803 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 44,094 kr
Net pay
* 94,406 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 138,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 44,094 kr. That means that your net pay will be 94,406 kr per year, or 7,867 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 31.50 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 133661
3.5%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 130083
6.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 127575
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 120495
13.0%
4
France
DKK 119745
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 118782
14.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 116463
15.9%
7
Austria
DKK 116427
15.9%
8
Spain
DKK 114664
17.2%
9
Hungary
DKK 112877
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 111557
19.5%
11
Ukraine
DKK 111493
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 107309
22.5%
13
Germany
DKK 106053
23.4%
14
Greece
DKK 102472
26.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 101849
26.5%
16
Poland
DKK 97167
29.8%
17
Finland
DKK 93061
32.8%
18
Denmark
DKK 92756
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 92704
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 88922
35.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 87154
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 81022
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 118587
14.4%
1
Canada
DKK 102934
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 131326
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 125763
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 125450
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 125297
9.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 118535
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 116428
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 116287
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 114491
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113923
17.8%
9
Japan
DKK 111023
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 110351
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 110158
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 108655
21.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103767
25.1%
14
China
DKK 97652
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94887
31.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 125220
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 124162
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 123952
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 121893
12.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 119541
13.7%
5
Panama
DKK 116341
16.0%
6
Chile
DKK 112288
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 110561
20.2%
8
Peru
DKK 106790
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 104346
24.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 102387
26.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 89976
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 114908
17.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 103583
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 101972
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 100499
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 99619
28.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 98747
28.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 98603
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 95078
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92957
32.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 92084
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 90712
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 87223
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 131575
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 131575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 127420
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 127420
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 124650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 123265
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 120284
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 105810
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 105200
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79949
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.