Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
134,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,905 kr
Communal tax
- 26,902 kr
Church tax
- 1,276 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 44,218 kr
Net pay
* 89,782 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
89,782 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
44,218 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
58,140 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 134,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.34 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% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 134,000 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 44,218 kr. That means that your net pay will be 89,782 kr per year, or 7,482 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.32 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 3,366 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 115137
14.1%
1
Canada
DKK 99598
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 121151
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 120321
10.2%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 119930
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 118233
11.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 116087
13.4%
5
Panama
DKK 112937
15.7%
6
Chile
DKK 108728
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 107244
20.0%
8
Peru
DKK 103404
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 101084
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 99864
25.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 87051
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 127300
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 127300
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 123280
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 123280
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 120600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 119260
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 116376
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 102435
23.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 101825
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 77103
42.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.