Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
122,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,570 kr
Communal tax
- 24,915 kr
Church tax
- 1,043 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 40,664 kr
Net pay
* 81,337 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
81,337 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
40,664 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
54,585 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 122,001 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
40.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 40.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 122,001 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 40,664 kr. That means that your net pay will be 81,337 kr per year, or 6,778 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.02 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 105861
13.2%
1
Canada
DKK 90925
25.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 110303
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 110080
9.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 109191
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 108456
11.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 106879
12.4%
5
Panama
DKK 103860
14.9%
6
Chile
DKK 99236
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 98401
19.3%
8
Peru
DKK 94375
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 93179
23.6%
10
Brazil
DKK 92384
24.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 79252
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.