Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
145,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,128 kr
Communal tax
- 29,177 kr
Church tax
- 1,210 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 47,651 kr
Net pay
* 97,349 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
97,349 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
47,651 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
61,573 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 145,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.25 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 38.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 145,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 47,651 kr. That means that your net pay will be 97,349 kr per year, or 8,112 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 137241
5.4%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 134421
7.3%
2
Switzerland
DKK 133335
8.1%
3
Russia
DKK 126150
13.0%
4
France
DKK 124971
13.8%
5
Norway
DKK 123860
14.6%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 121341
16.3%
7
Austria
DKK 120983
16.6%
8
Spain
DKK 119290
17.7%
9
Hungary
DKK 118175
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 116725
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 116367
19.8%
12
Italy
DKK 111006
23.4%
13
Germany
DKK 109803
24.3%
14
Greece
DKK 106826
26.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 106204
26.8%
16
Poland
DKK 101318
30.1%
17
Finland
DKK 97302
32.9%
18
Denmark
DKK 97130
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 96636
33.4%
20
Belgium
DKK 92367
36.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 91246
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 84825
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 123513
14.8%
1
Canada
DKK 107752
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 137377
5.3%
1
Thailand
DKK 131197
9.5%
2
Taiwan
DKK 131091
9.6%
3
Australia
DKK 130432
10.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 123617
14.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 121700
16.1%
6
Pakistan
DKK 121075
16.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 119220
17.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 118437
18.3%
9
Japan
DKK 116021
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 115616
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 115218
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 113043
22.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 108130
25.4%
14
China
DKK 102185
29.5%
15
India
DKK 98579
32.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 131097
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 129710
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 129705
10.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 127075
12.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 124409
14.2%
5
Panama
DKK 121258
16.4%
6
Chile
DKK 117429
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 115352
20.5%
8
Peru
DKK 111682
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 109059
24.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 106802
26.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 94201
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 119427
17.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 108263
25.3%
2
Angola
DKK 106701
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 105049
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 103662
28.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 103025
29.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 102903
29.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 99499
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 96915
33.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 96309
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 94752
34.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 91220
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 137750
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 137750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 133400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 133400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 130500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 129050
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 125652
13.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 110685
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 110075
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 84059
42.0%
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.