Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
135,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,071 kr
Communal tax
- 27,221 kr
Church tax
- 1,129 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 44,558 kr
Net pay
* 90,942 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
90,942 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
44,558 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
58,479 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 135,500 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
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 135,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 44,558 kr. That means that your net pay will be 90,942 kr per year, or 7,579 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 116287
14.2%
1
Canada
DKK 100710
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 122508
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 121602
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 121273
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 119453
11.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 117239
13.5%
5
Panama
DKK 114072
15.8%
6
Chile
DKK 109914
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 108350
20.0%
8
Peru
DKK 104533
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 102171
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 100700
25.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 88026
35.0%
12
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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.