Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
117,096 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,024 kr
Communal tax
- 22,701 kr
Church tax
- 685 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 37,546 kr
Net pay
* 79,550 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.1%
67.9%
Net pay
32.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
79,550 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
37,546 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51,467 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 117,096 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.40 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 117,096 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 37,546 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,550 kr per year, or 6,629 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.1% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 116097
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 115796
1.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 108550
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104035
11.2%
4
France
DKK 102536
12.4%
5
Norway
DKK 101890
13.0%
6
Russia
DKK 101874
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100155
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 98974
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 95718
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 95433
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95137
18.8%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94262
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 92874
20.7%
14
Greece
DKK 88134
24.7%
15
Sweden
DKK 87508
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 83500
28.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 79754
31.9%
18
Finland
DKK 78888
32.6%
19
Denmark
DKK 78356
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 77578
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 73688
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 68501
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 102068
12.8%
1
Canada
DKK 87583
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 111180
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 109724
6.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 107557
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 106747
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 101734
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100234
14.4%
6
New Zealand
DKK 99067
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 98520
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 98496
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 94566
19.2%
10
Philippines
DKK 93878
19.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 93463
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 93014
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89197
23.8%
14
India
DKK 82730
29.4%
15
China
DKK 82722
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 105894
9.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 105868
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 104801
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 104458
10.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 103115
11.9%
5
Panama
DKK 100149
14.5%
6
Chile
DKK 95356
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 94785
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 90684
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90446
22.8%
10
Brazil
DKK 88828
24.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 76064
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99233
15.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88172
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 86401
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86185
26.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 85516
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 84658
27.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 84445
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 80519
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 79947
31.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 78171
33.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 77372
33.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 74059
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 111241
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 111241
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 107728
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 107728
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 105386
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 104215
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 101698
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 89757
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89147
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66412
43.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.