Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
138,605 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,417 kr
Communal tax
- 28,730 kr
Church tax
- 1,101 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 46,383 kr
Net pay
* 92,222 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
92,222 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
46,383 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
60,305 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 138,605 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 39.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 138,605 kr a year living in the region of Norddjurs, Denmark, you will be taxed 46,383 kr. That means that your net pay will be 92,222 kr per year, or 7,685 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.17 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.83 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 133716
3.5%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 130153
6.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 127669
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 120586
13.0%
4
France
DKK 119829
13.6%
5
Norway
DKK 118864
14.2%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 116542
15.9%
7
Austria
DKK 116501
16.0%
8
Spain
DKK 114739
17.2%
9
Hungary
DKK 112963
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 111634
19.5%
11
Ukraine
DKK 111577
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 107369
22.5%
13
Germany
DKK 106114
23.4%
14
Greece
DKK 102543
26.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 101920
26.5%
16
Poland
DKK 97235
29.9%
17
Finland
DKK 93133
32.8%
18
Denmark
DKK 92827
33.0%
19
Portugal
DKK 92767
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 88978
35.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 87220
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 81084
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 118667
14.4%
1
Canada
DKK 103012
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 131423
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 125852
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 125542
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 125380
9.5%
4
South Korea
DKK 118617
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 116513
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 116366
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 114567
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113996
17.8%
9
Japan
DKK 111104
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 110436
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 110240
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 108726
21.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103838
25.1%
14
China
DKK 97725
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94947
31.5%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 131675
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 131675
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 127517
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 127517
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 124744
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 123358
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 120375
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 105889
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 105279
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 80015
42.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Norddjurs 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.