Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
131,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,571 kr
Communal tax
- 26,076 kr
Church tax
- 987 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 42,770 kr
Net pay
* 88,230 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
88,230 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
42,770 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
56,692 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 131,000 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
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 131,000 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 42,770 kr. That means that your net pay will be 88,230 kr per year, or 7,352 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 112821
13.9%
1
Canada
DKK 97374
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 124309
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 119810
8.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 119388
8.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 118933
9.2%
4
South Korea
DKK 112671
14.0%
5
Pakistan
DKK 110662
15.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 110344
15.8%
7
Indonesia
DKK 109035
16.8%
8
Malaysia
DKK 108714
17.0%
9
Japan
DKK 105256
19.7%
10
Singapore
DKK 104320
20.4%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 104276
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 103562
21.0%
13
Vietnam
DKK 98733
24.6%
14
China
DKK 92420
29.5%
15
India
DKK 90627
30.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 118439
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 117761
10.1%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 117245
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 115789
11.6%
4
Colombia
DKK 113785
13.1%
5
Panama
DKK 110667
15.5%
6
Chile
DKK 106355
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 105033
19.8%
8
Peru
DKK 101147
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 98909
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 98193
25.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 85101
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.