Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
137,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 15,238 kr
Communal tax
- 27,737 kr
Church tax
- 1,012 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 45,122 kr
Net pay
* 91,878 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
91,878 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
45,122 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
59,044 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 137,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 137,000 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 45,122 kr. That means that your net pay will be 91,878 kr per year, or 7,656 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 117437
14.3%
1
Canada
DKK 101822
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 129929
5.2%
1
Thailand
DKK 124488
9.1%
2
Australia
DKK 124162
9.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 124147
9.4%
4
South Korea
DKK 117362
14.3%
5
New Zealand
DKK 115211
15.9%
6
Pakistan
DKK 115162
15.9%
7
Indonesia
DKK 113400
17.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 112881
17.6%
9
Japan
DKK 109870
19.8%
10
Kazakhstan
DKK 109136
20.3%
11
Singapore
DKK 108990
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 107643
21.4%
13
Vietnam
DKK 102760
25.0%
14
China
DKK 96605
29.5%
15
India
DKK 94035
31.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 123864
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 122882
10.3%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 122615
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 120673
11.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 118390
13.6%
5
Panama
DKK 115206
15.9%
6
Chile
DKK 111101
18.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 109456
20.1%
8
Peru
DKK 105662
22.9%
9
Brazil
DKK 103259
24.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 101536
25.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 89001
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 113865
16.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 102503
25.2%
2
Angola
DKK 100881
26.4%
3
Kenya
DKK 99449
27.4%
4
Morocco
DKK 98685
28.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 97759
28.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 97611
28.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 94058
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 92044
32.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 91109
33.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 89780
34.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 86300
37.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.