Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
126,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,015 kr
Communal tax
- 25,754 kr
Church tax
- 1,078 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 41,983 kr
Net pay
* 84,017 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
84,017 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
41,983 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
55,905 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 126,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.44 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 126,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 41,983 kr. That means that your net pay will be 84,017 kr per year, or 7,001 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 124823
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 121739
3.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 116447
7.6%
3
France
DKK 109695
12.9%
4
Russia
DKK 109620
13.0%
5
Norway
DKK 108956
13.5%
6
Spain
DKK 108375
14.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 106991
15.1%
8
Austria
DKK 106479
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 102690
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 102307
18.8%
11
Ukraine
DKK 101430
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 100201
20.5%
13
Germany
DKK 98537
21.8%
14
Greece
DKK 94099
25.3%
15
Sweden
DKK 93474
25.8%
16
Poland
DKK 89186
29.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 85141
32.4%
18
Finland
DKK 84552
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 84347
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 82297
34.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 79291
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 73710
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 108954
13.5%
1
Canada
DKK 93668
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 119588
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 116183
7.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 115138
8.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 114589
9.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 108762
13.7%
5
Pakistan
DKK 106912
15.2%
6
New Zealand
DKK 106289
15.6%
7
Indonesia
DKK 105397
16.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 105242
16.5%
9
Japan
DKK 101412
19.5%
10
Singapore
DKK 100416
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 100226
20.5%
12
Philippines
DKK 100079
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 95376
24.3%
14
China
DKK 88933
29.4%
15
India
DKK 87787
30.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 113918
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 113493
9.9%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 112770
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 111715
11.3%
4
Colombia
DKK 109948
12.7%
5
Panama
DKK 106885
15.2%
6
Chile
DKK 102400
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 101348
19.6%
8
Peru
DKK 97384
22.7%
9
Uruguay
DKK 95407
24.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 95284
24.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 81851
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 105822
16.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 94583
24.9%
2
Angola
DKK 92878
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 91842
27.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 91749
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 90519
28.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 90335
28.3%
7
Nigeria
DKK 86576
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 85346
32.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 83959
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 82943
34.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 79535
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 119700
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 119700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 115920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 115920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 113400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 112140
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 109430
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 96435
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 95825
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 72043
42.8%
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.