Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
146,994 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,350 kr
Communal tax
- 29,588 kr
Church tax
- 1,227 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 48,301 kr
Net pay
* 98,693 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
98,693 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
48,301 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,222 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 146,994 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.23 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 146,994 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 48,301 kr. That means that your net pay will be 98,693 kr per year, or 8,224 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 138383
5.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 135752
7.7%
2
Switzerland
DKK 135081
8.1%
3
Russia
DKK 127885
13.0%
4
France
DKK 126574
13.9%
5
Norway
DKK 125418
14.7%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 122829
16.4%
7
Austria
DKK 122374
16.8%
8
Spain
DKK 120710
17.9%
9
Hungary
DKK 119800
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 118330
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 117842
19.8%
12
Italy
DKK 112140
23.7%
13
Germany
DKK 110935
24.5%
14
Greece
DKK 108162
26.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 107540
26.8%
16
Poland
DKK 102591
30.2%
17
Finland
DKK 98547
33.0%
18
Denmark
DKK 98471
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 97843
33.4%
20
Belgium
DKK 93424
36.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 92502
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 85991
41.5%
23
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 132899
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 131469
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 131412
10.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 128652
12.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 125875
14.4%
5
Panama
DKK 122767
16.5%
6
Chile
DKK 119007
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 116822
20.5%
8
Peru
DKK 113182
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 110504
24.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 108156
26.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 95497
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 139644
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 139644
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 135235
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 135235
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 132295
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 130825
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 127186
13.5%
7
Egypt
DKK 112181
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 111571
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 85320
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.