Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
139,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,461 kr
Communal tax
- 27,942 kr
Church tax
- 1,159 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,697 kr
Net pay
* 93,303 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
93,303 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,697 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,619 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 139,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 39.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 139,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,697 kr. That means that your net pay will be 93,303 kr per year, or 7,775 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 133925
3.7%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 130416
6.2%
2
Switzerland
DKK 128020
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 120930
13.0%
4
France
DKK 120147
13.6%
5
Norway
DKK 119172
14.3%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 116840
15.9%
7
Austria
DKK 116780
16.0%
8
Spain
DKK 115020
17.3%
9
Hungary
DKK 113285
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 111927
19.5%
11
Ukraine
DKK 111895
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 107594
22.6%
13
Germany
DKK 106346
23.5%
14
Greece
DKK 102807
26.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 102184
26.5%
16
Poland
DKK 97487
29.9%
17
Finland
DKK 93402
32.8%
18
Denmark
DKK 93093
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 93006
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 89187
35.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 87468
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 81315
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 118970
14.4%
1
Canada
DKK 103304
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 131791
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 126188
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 125885
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 125692
9.6%
4
South Korea
DKK 118926
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 116833
16.0%
6
Pakistan
DKK 116662
16.1%
7
Indonesia
DKK 114855
17.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 114270
17.8%
9
Japan
DKK 111407
19.9%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 110756
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 110547
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 108993
21.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 104103
25.1%
14
China
DKK 98000
29.5%
15
India
DKK 95171
31.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 125672
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 124589
10.4%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 124395
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 122300
12.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 119925
13.7%
5
Panama
DKK 116719
16.0%
6
Chile
DKK 112683
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 110930
20.2%
8
Peru
DKK 107167
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 104709
24.7%
10
Uruguay
DKK 102727
26.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 90301
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 115256
17.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 103943
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 102336
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 100849
27.5%
4
Morocco
DKK 99930
28.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 99076
28.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 98934
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 95418
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 93262
32.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 92409
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 91023
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 87530
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 132050
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 132050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 127880
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 127880
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 125100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 123710
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 120718
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 106185
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 105575
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 80265
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.