Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
149,495 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,628 kr
Communal tax
- 30,103 kr
Church tax
- 1,249 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 49,115 kr
Net pay
* 100,380 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
100,380 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
49,115 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
63,037 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 149,495 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 149,495 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 49,115 kr. That means that your net pay will be 100,380 kr per year, or 8,365 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 126903
15.1%
1
Canada
DKK 111084
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 135161
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 133683
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 133546
10.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 130629
12.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 127713
14.6%
5
Panama
DKK 124659
16.6%
6
Chile
DKK 120985
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 118665
20.6%
8
Peru
DKK 115064
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 112318
24.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 109854
26.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 97123
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 122552
18.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 111499
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 109971
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 108195
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 106418
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 105984
29.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 105877
29.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 102557
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 99651
33.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 99231
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 97502
34.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 93985
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 142020
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 142020
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 137535
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 137535
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 134545
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 133050
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 129110
13.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 114056
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 113446
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 86902
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.