Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
120,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,403 kr
Communal tax
- 24,600 kr
Church tax
- 772 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,911 kr
Net pay
* 80,589 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
80,589 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,911 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,833 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 120,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.47 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 120,500 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,911 kr. That means that your net pay will be 80,589 kr per year, or 6,716 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.23 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 104700
13.1%
1
Canada
DKK 89902
25.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 108946
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 108799
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 107847
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 107232
11.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 105727
12.3%
5
Panama
DKK 102724
14.8%
6
Chile
DKK 98049
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 97294
19.3%
8
Peru
DKK 93245
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 92343
23.4%
10
Brazil
DKK 91296
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 78276
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 101752
15.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 90623
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88877
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 88380
26.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 87899
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86898
27.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 86696
28.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82835
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81998
32.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 80384
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 79517
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 76153
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 114475
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 114475
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 110860
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 110860
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 108450
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 107245
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 104654
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 92310
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 91700
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 68565
43.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.