Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
130,988 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,570 kr
Communal tax
- 26,292 kr
Church tax
- 1,091 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,088 kr
Net pay
* 87,900 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
87,900 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,088 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,010 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 130,988 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 130,988 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,088 kr. That means that your net pay will be 87,900 kr per year, or 7,325 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 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 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 128872
1.6%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 125068
4.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 120886
7.7%
3
Russia
DKK 113960
13.0%
4
France
DKK 113705
13.2%
5
Norway
DKK 112912
13.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 110782
15.4%
7
Austria
DKK 110683
15.5%
8
Spain
DKK 110380
15.7%
9
Hungary
DKK 106755
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 105998
19.1%
11
Ukraine
DKK 105445
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 103037
21.3%
13
Germany
DKK 101580
22.5%
14
Greece
DKK 97440
25.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 96816
26.1%
16
Poland
DKK 92371
29.5%
17
Portugal
DKK 88159
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 87948
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 87702
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 84941
35.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 82429
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 76628
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 112811
13.9%
1
Canada
DKK 97365
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 124298
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 119801
8.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 119378
8.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 118923
9.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 112662
14.0%
5
Pakistan
DKK 110653
15.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 110335
15.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 109026
16.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 108706
17.0%
9
Japan
DKK 105247
19.7%
10
Singapore
DKK 104310
20.4%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 104267
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 103553
20.9%
13
Vietnam
DKK 98725
24.6%
14
China
DKK 92412
29.5%
15
India
DKK 90620
30.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 118428
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 117751
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 117234
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 115780
11.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 113776
13.1%
5
Panama
DKK 110658
15.5%
6
Chile
DKK 106345
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 105024
19.8%
8
Peru
DKK 101137
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 98900
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 98186
25.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 85093
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 109513
16.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 98174
25.1%
2
Angola
DKK 96507
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 95240
27.3%
4
Morocco
DKK 94945
27.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 93802
28.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 93634
28.5%
7
Nigeria
DKK 89968
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 88383
32.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 87201
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 86043
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 82603
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 124439
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 124439
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 120509
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 120509
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 117889
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 116579
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 113761
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 100176
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 99566
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 75198
42.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.