Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
142,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,850 kr
Communal tax
- 28,662 kr
Church tax
- 1,189 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 46,837 kr
Net pay
* 95,663 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
95,663 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
46,837 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
60,759 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 142,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.26 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 142,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 46,837 kr. That means that your net pay will be 95,663 kr per year, or 7,972 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 121627
14.7%
1
Canada
DKK 105899
25.7%
2
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.