Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
149,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,573 kr
Communal tax
- 30,226 kr
Church tax
- 1,091 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 49,025 kr
Net pay
* 99,975 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
99,975 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
49,025 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,947 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 149,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 38.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 149,000 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 49,025 kr. That means that your net pay will be 99,975 kr per year, or 8,331 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.61 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.39 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,370 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 126529
15.1%
1
Canada
DKK 110717
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 141101
5.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 134549
9.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 134497
9.7%
3
Australia
DKK 133592
10.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 126745
14.9%
5
New Zealand
DKK 124944
16.1%
6
Pakistan
DKK 123948
16.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 122130
18.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 121215
18.7%
9
Japan
DKK 119096
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 118856
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 118331
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 115743
22.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 110815
25.6%
14
China
DKK 104975
29.6%
15
India
DKK 100851
32.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 122208
18.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 111143
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 109611
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 107849
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 106118
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 105658
29.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 105549
29.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 102220
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 99350
33.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 98909
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 97200
34.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 93680
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 141550
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 141550
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 137080
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 137080
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 134100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 132610
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 128730
13.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 113685
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 113075
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 86589
41.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kolding 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.