Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
149,520 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,631 kr
Communal tax
- 31,285 kr
Church tax
- 1,463 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 50,515 kr
Net pay
* 99,005 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
99,005 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
50,515 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
64,437 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 149,520 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 149,520 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 50,515 kr. That means that your net pay will be 99,005 kr per year, or 8,250 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.52 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.48 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,324 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 139859
6.5%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 137439
8.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 137294
8.2%
3
Russia
DKK 130082
13.0%
4
France
DKK 128605
14.0%
5
Norway
DKK 127391
14.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 124704
16.6%
7
Austria
DKK 124135
17.0%
8
Spain
DKK 122502
18.1%
9
Hungary
DKK 121859
18.5%
10
Ukraine
DKK 120364
19.5%
11
Czech Republic
DKK 119711
19.9%
12
Italy
DKK 113576
24.0%
13
Germany
DKK 112369
24.9%
14
Greece
DKK 109848
26.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 109232
26.9%
16
Poland
DKK 104204
30.3%
17
Denmark
DKK 100171
33.0%
18
Finland
DKK 100124
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 99350
33.6%
20
Belgium
DKK 94724
36.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 94093
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 87469
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 126922
15.1%
1
Canada
DKK 111103
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 141585
5.3%
1
Taiwan
DKK 134998
9.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 134926
9.8%
3
Australia
DKK 134003
10.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 127152
15.0%
5
New Zealand
DKK 125366
16.2%
6
Pakistan
DKK 124322
16.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 122508
18.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 121576
18.7%
9
Japan
DKK 119496
20.1%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 119278
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 118736
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 116094
22.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 111164
25.7%
14
China
DKK 105338
29.6%
15
India
DKK 101147
32.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 135183
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 133705
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 133568
10.7%
3
Ecuador
DKK 130649
12.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 127731
14.6%
5
Panama
DKK 124678
16.6%
6
Chile
DKK 121005
19.1%
7
Mexico
DKK 118683
20.6%
8
Peru
DKK 115083
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 112336
24.9%
10
Uruguay
DKK 109871
26.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 97139
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 122570
18.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 111517
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 109989
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 108213
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 106433
28.8%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 106000
29.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 105893
29.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 102574
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 99667
33.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 99247
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 97517
34.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 94000
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 142044
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 142044
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 137558
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 137558
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 134568
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 133073
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 129130
13.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 114075
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 113465
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 86918
41.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.