Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
145,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,128 kr
Communal tax
- 29,166 kr
Church tax
- 1,383 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 47,813 kr
Net pay
* 97,187 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
97,187 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
47,813 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
61,734 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 145,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.26 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 145,000 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 47,813 kr. That means that your net pay will be 97,187 kr per year, or 8,099 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 123513
14.8%
1
Canada
DKK 107752
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 131097
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 129710
10.5%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 129705
10.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 127075
12.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 124409
14.2%
5
Panama
DKK 121258
16.4%
6
Chile
DKK 117429
19.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 115352
20.5%
8
Peru
DKK 111682
23.0%
9
Brazil
DKK 109059
24.8%
10
Uruguay
DKK 106802
26.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 94201
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 119427
17.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 108263
25.3%
2
Angola
DKK 106701
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 105049
27.6%
4
Morocco
DKK 103662
28.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 103025
29.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 102903
29.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 99499
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 96915
33.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 96309
33.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 94752
34.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 91220
37.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 137750
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 137750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 133400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 133400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 130500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 129050
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 125652
13.3%
7
Egypt
DKK 110685
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 110075
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 84059
42.0%
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.