Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
148,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,462 kr
Communal tax
- 28,629 kr
Church tax
- 859 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 47,086 kr
Net pay
* 100,914 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
100,914 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
47,086 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
61,008 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 148,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
37.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 37.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 148,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 47,086 kr. That means that your net pay will be 100,914 kr per year, or 8,409 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 125775
15.0%
1
Canada
DKK 109976
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 133809
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 132360
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 132270
10.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 129447
12.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 126614
14.5%
5
Panama
DKK 123528
16.5%
6
Chile
DKK 119802
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 117563
20.6%
8
Peru
DKK 113939
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 111234
24.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 108839
26.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 96151
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 121513
17.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 110423
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 108883
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 107149
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 105512
28.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 105000
29.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 104888
29.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 101540
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 98741
33.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 98259
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 96590
34.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 93065
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 140600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 140600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 136160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 136160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 133200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 131720
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 127960
13.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 112935
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 112325
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 85956
41.9%
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.