Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
125,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,904 kr
Communal tax
- 25,544 kr
Church tax
- 1,069 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 41,653 kr
Net pay
* 83,347 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
83,347 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
41,653 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
55,575 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 125,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.45 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 125,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 41,653 kr. That means that your net pay will be 83,347 kr per year, or 6,946 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 123843
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 121072
3.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 115561
7.6%
3
France
DKK 108891
12.9%
4
Russia
DKK 108750
13.0%
5
Norway
DKK 108163
13.5%
6
Spain
DKK 107889
13.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 106224
15.0%
8
Austria
DKK 105636
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 101875
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 101567
18.8%
11
Ukraine
DKK 100625
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 99632
20.3%
13
Germany
DKK 97910
21.7%
14
Greece
DKK 93429
25.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 92804
25.8%
16
Poland
DKK 88547
29.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 84536
32.4%
18
Finland
DKK 83872
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 83674
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 81767
34.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 78662
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 73125
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 108180
13.5%
1
Canada
DKK 92968
25.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 118644
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 115457
7.6%
2
Thailand
DKK 114288
8.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 113720
9.0%
4
South Korea
DKK 107980
13.6%
5
Pakistan
DKK 106162
15.1%
6
New Zealand
DKK 105478
15.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 104670
16.3%
8
Malaysia
DKK 104547
16.4%
9
Japan
DKK 100643
19.5%
10
Singapore
DKK 99635
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 99416
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 99383
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 94700
24.2%
14
China
DKK 88235
29.4%
15
India
DKK 87219
30.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 113014
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 112640
9.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 111875
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 110900
11.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 109181
12.7%
5
Panama
DKK 106128
15.1%
6
Chile
DKK 101609
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 100611
19.5%
8
Peru
DKK 96632
22.7%
9
Uruguay
DKK 94850
24.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 94559
24.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 81201
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 105082
15.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 93863
24.9%
2
Angola
DKK 92151
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 91220
27.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 91049
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 89860
28.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 89673
28.3%
7
Nigeria
DKK 85895
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 84738
32.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 83309
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 82321
34.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 78920
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 118750
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 118750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 115000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 115000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 112500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 111250
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 108562
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 95685
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 95075
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 71411
42.9%
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.