Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
146,994 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,350 kr
Communal tax
- 29,798 kr
Church tax
- 795 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 48,079 kr
Net pay
* 98,915 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
98,915 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
48,079 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,000 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 146,994 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
38.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 38.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 146,994 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 48,079 kr. That means that your net pay will be 98,915 kr per year, or 8,243 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.41 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.59 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,380 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 125016
15.0%
1
Canada
DKK 109230
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 139233
5.3%
1
Thailand
DKK 132842
9.6%
2
Taiwan
DKK 132815
9.7%
3
Australia
DKK 132007
10.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 125177
14.8%
5
New Zealand
DKK 123317
16.1%
6
Pakistan
DKK 122507
16.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 120670
17.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 119822
18.5%
9
Japan
DKK 117554
20.0%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 117232
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 116770
20.6%
12
Philippines
DKK 114389
22.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 109469
25.5%
14
China
DKK 103576
29.5%
15
India
DKK 99712
32.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 132899
9.6%
1
Costa Rica
DKK 131469
10.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 131412
10.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 128652
12.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 125875
14.4%
5
Panama
DKK 122767
16.5%
6
Chile
DKK 119007
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 116822
20.5%
8
Peru
DKK 113182
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 110504
24.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 108156
26.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 95497
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 120814
17.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 109698
25.4%
2
Angola
DKK 108152
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 106444
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 104902
28.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 104338
29.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 104222
29.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 100856
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 98129
33.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 97605
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 95976
34.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 92446
37.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.