Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
148,992 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,572 kr
Communal tax
- 30,224 kr
Church tax
- 1,280 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 49,212 kr
Net pay
* 99,780 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
99,780 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
49,212 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
63,134 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 148,992 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
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 148,992 kr a year living in the region of Holstebro, Denmark, you will be taxed 49,212 kr. That means that your net pay will be 99,780 kr per year, or 8,315 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 139528
6.4%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 137086
8.0%
2
Switzerland
DKK 136831
8.2%
3
Russia
DKK 129623
13.0%
4
France
DKK 128180
14.0%
5
Norway
DKK 126979
14.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 124321
16.6%
7
Austria
DKK 123767
16.9%
8
Spain
DKK 122131
18.0%
9
Hungary
DKK 121428
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 119939
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 119321
19.9%
12
Italy
DKK 113276
24.0%
13
Germany
DKK 112069
24.8%
14
Greece
DKK 109500
26.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 108879
26.9%
16
Poland
DKK 103867
30.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 99815
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 99795
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 99052
33.5%
20
Belgium
DKK 94483
36.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 93761
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 87160
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 126524
15.1%
1
Canada
DKK 110711
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 134706
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 133238
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 133117
10.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 130232
12.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 127343
14.5%
5
Panama
DKK 124278
16.6%
6
Chile
DKK 120587
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 118294
20.6%
8
Peru
DKK 114685
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 111953
24.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 109513
26.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 96796
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 122203
18.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 111137
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 109605
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 107843
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 106113
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 105653
29.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 105544
29.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 102215
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 99345
33.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 98904
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 97195
34.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 93675
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 141542
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 141542
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 137073
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 137073
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 134093
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 132603
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 128723
13.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 113679
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 113069
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 86584
41.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Holstebro 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.