Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,294 kr
Communal tax
- 27,633 kr
Church tax
- 1,146 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,209 kr
Net pay
* 92,291 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
92,291 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,209 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,131 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.30 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 137,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,209 kr. That means that your net pay will be 92,291 kr per year, or 7,691 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117820
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 102193
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 130395
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 124913
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 124581
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 124525
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 117753
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 115617
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115537
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 113764
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113228
17.7%
9
Japan
DKK 110254
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109541
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 109380
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 107980
21.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103096
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96954
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94319
31.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 124316
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 123309
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 123062
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 121080
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118773
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115585
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111497
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109824
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 106038
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103621
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101814
26.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 89326
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 114213
16.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102863
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 101245
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 99799
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98996
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 98088
28.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 97942
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94398
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92348
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 91434
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 90090
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86608
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 130625
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 130625
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 126500
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 126500
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 123750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 122375
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 119416
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 105060
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 104450
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79316
42.3%
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.