Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
148,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 16,517 kr
Communal tax
- 29,886 kr
Church tax
- 1,418 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 48,957 kr
Net pay
* 99,543 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
99,543 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
48,957 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
62,878 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 148,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 38.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 5.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 148,500 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 48,957 kr. That means that your net pay will be 99,543 kr per year, or 8,295 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 126152
15.1%
1
Canada
DKK 110347
25.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 141075
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 141075
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 136620
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 136620
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 133650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 132165
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 128345
13.6%
7
Egypt
DKK 113310
23.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 112700
24.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 86273
41.9%
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.