Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
146,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,295 kr
Communal tax
- 29,486 kr
Church tax
- 1,223 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 48,140 kr
Net pay
* 98,360 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
98,360 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
48,140 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,062 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 146,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.24 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 146,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 48,140 kr. That means that your net pay will be 98,360 kr per year, or 8,197 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 124644
14.9%
1
Canada
DKK 108864
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 138774
5.3%
1
Thailand
DKK 132435
9.6%
2
Taiwan
DKK 132388
9.6%
3
Australia
DKK 131617
10.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 124790
14.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 122917
16.1%
6
Pakistan
DKK 122153
16.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 120311
17.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 119479
18.4%
9
Japan
DKK 117174
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 116831
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 116385
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 114055
22.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 109137
25.5%
14
China
DKK 103232
29.5%
15
India
DKK 99431
32.1%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 120470
17.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 109343
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 107792
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 106099
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 104596
28.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 104012
29.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 103895
29.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 100520
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 97828
33.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 97284
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 95675
34.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 92143
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 139175
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 139175
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 134780
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 134780
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 131850
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 130385
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 126806
13.4%
7
Egypt
DKK 111810
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 111200
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 85008
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.