Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
136,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,183 kr
Communal tax
- 27,633 kr
Church tax
- 1,181 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,133 kr
Net pay
* 91,368 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
91,368 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,133 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,054 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 136,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 136,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,133 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,368 kr per year, or 7,614 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117053
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 101451
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 129464
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 124063
9.1%
2
Australia
DKK 123800
9.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 123712
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 116971
14.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 114806
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 114787
15.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 113036
17.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 112534
17.6%
9
Japan
DKK 109485
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 108731
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 108601
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 107305
21.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 102425
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96257
29.5%
15
India
DKK 93751
31.3%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.