Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
149,240 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,600 kr
Communal tax
- 30,050 kr
Church tax
- 1,247 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 49,032 kr
Net pay
* 100,208 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
100,208 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
49,032 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,954 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 149,240 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 38.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 149,240 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 49,032 kr. That means that your net pay will be 100,208 kr per year, or 8,351 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 126710
15.1%
1
Canada
DKK 110895
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 141324
5.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 134756
9.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 134695
9.8%
3
Australia
DKK 133781
10.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 126933
15.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 125139
16.2%
6
Pakistan
DKK 124121
16.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 122304
18.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 121382
18.7%
9
Japan
DKK 119281
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 119051
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 118518
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 115905
22.3%
13
Vietnam
DKK 110976
25.6%
14
China
DKK 105143
29.6%
15
India
DKK 100988
32.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 134930
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 133457
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 133329
10.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 130428
12.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 127525
14.6%
5
Panama
DKK 124466
16.6%
6
Chile
DKK 120783
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 118477
20.6%
8
Peru
DKK 114872
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 112133
24.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 109681
26.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 96957
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 122375
18.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 111315
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 109786
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 108017
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 106263
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 105816
29.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 105708
29.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 102383
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 99496
33.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 99065
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 97346
34.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 93828
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 141778
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 141778
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 137301
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 137301
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 134316
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 132824
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 128914
13.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 113865
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 113255
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 86741
41.9%
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.