Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,540 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,298 kr
Communal tax
- 27,521 kr
Church tax
- 1,158 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,113 kr
Net pay
* 92,427 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
92,427 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,113 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,034 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,540 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 39.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,540 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,113 kr. That means that your net pay will be 92,427 kr per year, or 7,702 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 133154
3.2%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 129442
5.9%
2
Switzerland
DKK 126721
7.9%
3
Russia
DKK 119660
13.0%
4
France
DKK 118973
13.5%
5
Norway
DKK 118032
14.2%
6
Austria
DKK 115751
15.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 115739
15.9%
8
Spain
DKK 113981
17.1%
9
Hungary
DKK 112095
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 110846
19.4%
11
Ukraine
DKK 110720
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 106763
22.4%
13
Germany
DKK 105490
23.3%
14
Greece
DKK 101829
26.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 101206
26.4%
16
Poland
DKK 96554
29.8%
17
Finland
DKK 92408
32.8%
18
Portugal
DKK 92123
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 92111
33.0%
20
Belgium
DKK 88414
35.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 86550
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 80461
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117851
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 102222
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 130432
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 124947
9.2%
2
Taiwan
DKK 124616
9.4%
3
Australia
DKK 124554
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 117785
14.4%
5
New Zealand
DKK 115649
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115567
16.0%
7
Indonesia
DKK 113793
17.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 113256
17.7%
9
Japan
DKK 110285
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109574
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 109411
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 108007
21.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 103123
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96982
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94342
31.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 124352
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 123343
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 123098
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 121112
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118804
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115615
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111528
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109854
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 106068
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103650
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101836
26.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 89352
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 114241
16.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102891
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 101274
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 99827
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 99021
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 98115
28.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 97968
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94425
31.4%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92373
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 91460
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 90115
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86632
37.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.