Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
134,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,960 kr
Communal tax
- 27,015 kr
Church tax
- 1,121 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 44,232 kr
Net pay
* 90,268 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
90,268 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
44,232 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
58,154 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 134,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 39.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 134,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 44,232 kr. That means that your net pay will be 90,268 kr per year, or 7,522 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 131549
2.2%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 127413
5.3%
2
Switzerland
DKK 124015
7.8%
3
Russia
DKK 117015
13.0%
4
France
DKK 116529
13.4%
5
Norway
DKK 115656
14.0%
6
Austria
DKK 113609
15.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 113445
15.7%
8
Spain
DKK 111817
16.9%
9
Hungary
DKK 109617
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 108597
19.3%
11
Ukraine
DKK 108273
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 105034
21.9%
13
Germany
DKK 103707
22.9%
14
Greece
DKK 99793
25.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 99169
26.3%
16
Poland
DKK 94613
29.7%
17
Finland
DKK 90338
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 90284
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 90065
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 86802
35.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 84638
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 78683
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 115520
14.1%
1
Canada
DKK 99969
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 127602
5.1%
1
Thailand
DKK 122363
9.0%
2
Australia
DKK 122349
9.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 121975
9.3%
4
South Korea
DKK 115408
14.2%
5
Pakistan
DKK 113287
15.8%
6
New Zealand
DKK 113183
15.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 111581
17.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 111145
17.4%
9
Japan
DKK 107947
19.7%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 107111
20.4%
11
Singapore
DKK 107044
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 105955
21.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 101082
24.9%
14
China
DKK 94862
29.5%
15
India
DKK 92615
31.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 121603
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 120748
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 120378
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 118640
11.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 116471
13.4%
5
Panama
DKK 113315
15.8%
6
Chile
DKK 109123
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 107613
20.0%
8
Peru
DKK 103780
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 101446
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 100143
25.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 87376
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 112112
16.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 100703
25.1%
2
Angola
DKK 99062
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 97699
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 97130
27.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 96114
28.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 95957
28.7%
7
Nigeria
DKK 92357
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 90522
32.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 89484
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 88226
34.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 84763
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 127775
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 127775
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 123740
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 123740
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 121050
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 119705
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 116811
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 102810
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 102200
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 77419
42.4%
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.