Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
130,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,515 kr
Communal tax
- 27,216 kr
Church tax
- 1,035 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 43,902 kr
Net pay
* 86,598 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
86,598 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
43,902 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
57,824 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 130,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.43 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 130,500 kr a year living in the region of Nyborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 43,902 kr. That means that your net pay will be 86,598 kr per year, or 7,216 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.67 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 667 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,334 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 128491
1.5%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 124743
4.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 120451
7.7%
3
Russia
DKK 113535
13.0%
4
France
DKK 113313
13.2%
5
Norway
DKK 112527
13.8%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 110412
15.4%
7
Austria
DKK 110272
15.5%
8
Spain
DKK 110192
15.6%
9
Hungary
DKK 106357
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 105637
19.1%
11
Ukraine
DKK 105053
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 102760
21.3%
13
Germany
DKK 101284
22.4%
14
Greece
DKK 97113
25.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 96489
26.1%
16
Poland
DKK 92059
29.5%
17
Portugal
DKK 87864
32.7%
18
Finland
DKK 87616
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 87374
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 84682
35.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 82122
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 76343
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 112434
13.8%
1
Canada
DKK 97003
25.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nyborg 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.