Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
123,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,681 kr
Communal tax
- 25,125 kr
Church tax
- 1,052 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 40,993 kr
Net pay
* 82,007 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
82,007 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
40,993 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
54,915 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 123,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 40.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 123,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 40,993 kr. That means that your net pay will be 82,007 kr per year, or 6,834 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 121883
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 119736
2.7%
2
Switzerland
DKK 113789
7.5%
3
France
DKK 107283
12.8%
4
Russia
DKK 107010
13.0%
5
Spain
DKK 106917
13.1%
6
Norway
DKK 106575
13.4%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 104689
14.9%
8
Austria
DKK 103950
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 100245
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 100087
18.6%
11
Ukraine
DKK 99015
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 98494
19.9%
13
Germany
DKK 96657
21.4%
14
Greece
DKK 92089
25.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 91464
25.6%
16
Poland
DKK 87270
29.1%
17
Portugal
DKK 83326
32.3%
18
Finland
DKK 82510
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 82328
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 80707
34.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 77404
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 71955
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 106634
13.3%
1
Canada
DKK 91605
25.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 116755
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 114007
7.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 112588
8.5%
3
Taiwan
DKK 111982
9.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 106416
13.5%
5
Pakistan
DKK 104662
14.9%
6
New Zealand
DKK 103856
15.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 103140
16.2%
8
Malaysia
DKK 103023
16.2%
9
Japan
DKK 99105
19.4%
10
Singapore
DKK 98073
20.3%
11
Philippines
DKK 97990
20.3%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 97796
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 93307
24.1%
14
China
DKK 86840
29.4%
15
India
DKK 86083
30.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 111206
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 110933
9.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 110085
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 109270
11.2%
4
Colombia
DKK 107646
12.5%
5
Panama
DKK 104615
15.0%
6
Chile
DKK 100026
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 99137
19.4%
8
Peru
DKK 95127
22.7%
9
Uruguay
DKK 93735
23.8%
10
Brazil
DKK 93109
24.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 79901
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 103602
15.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 92423
24.9%
2
Angola
DKK 90696
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 89975
26.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 89649
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 88544
28.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 88350
28.2%
7
Nigeria
DKK 84535
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 83520
32.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 82009
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 81078
34.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 77690
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 116850
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 116850
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 113160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 113160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 110700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 109470
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 106825
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 94185
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 93575
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 70146
43.0%
10
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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.