Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
138,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,349 kr
Communal tax
- 27,824 kr
Church tax
- 888 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,196 kr
Net pay
* 92,804 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
92,804 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,196 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,118 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 138,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.28 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 38.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 138,000 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,196 kr. That means that your net pay will be 92,804 kr per year, or 7,734 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.56 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 118203
14.4%
1
Canada
DKK 102563
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 130860
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 125338
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 125016
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 124902
9.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 118144
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 116022
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115912
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 114127
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113576
17.7%
9
Japan
DKK 110639
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109946
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 109769
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 108318
21.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103431
25.1%
14
China
DKK 97303
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94603
31.5%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Horsens 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.