Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,238 kr
Communal tax
- 27,737 kr
Church tax
- 1,186 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,296 kr
Net pay
* 91,704 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
91,704 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,296 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,218 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 39.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,296 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,704 kr per year, or 7,642 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 132869
3.0%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 129081
5.8%
2
Switzerland
DKK 126240
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 119190
13.0%
4
France
DKK 118539
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 117610
14.2%
6
Austria
DKK 115371
15.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 115331
15.8%
8
Spain
DKK 113596
17.1%
9
Hungary
DKK 111655
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 110447
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 110285
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 106456
22.3%
13
Germany
DKK 105173
23.2%
14
Greece
DKK 101467
25.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 100844
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 96210
29.8%
17
Finland
DKK 92040
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 91796
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 91747
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 88127
35.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 86210
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 80145
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117437
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 101822
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 123864
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 122882
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 122615
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 120673
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118390
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115206
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111101
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109456
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 105662
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103259
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101536
25.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 89001
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 113865
16.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102503
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 100881
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 99449
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98685
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 97759
28.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 97611
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94058
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92044
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 91109
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 89780
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86300
37.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 130150
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 130150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 126040
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 126040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 123300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 121930
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 118981
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 104685
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 104075
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 79000
42.3%
10
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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.