Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
127,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,126 kr
Communal tax
- 25,964 kr
Church tax
- 1,087 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 42,313 kr
Net pay
* 84,687 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
84,687 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
42,313 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
56,234 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 127,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.43 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 39.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 127,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 42,313 kr. That means that your net pay will be 84,687 kr per year, or 7,057 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 125761
1.0%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 122406
3.6%
2
Switzerland
DKK 117333
7.6%
3
France
DKK 110499
13.0%
4
Russia
DKK 110490
13.0%
5
Norway
DKK 109750
13.6%
6
Spain
DKK 108840
14.3%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 107757
15.2%
8
Austria
DKK 107322
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 103505
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 103047
18.9%
11
Ukraine
DKK 102235
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 100769
20.7%
13
Germany
DKK 99159
21.9%
14
Greece
DKK 94769
25.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 94144
25.9%
16
Poland
DKK 89824
29.3%
17
Portugal
DKK 85746
32.5%
18
Finland
DKK 85233
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 85019
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 82827
34.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 79920
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 74295
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 109727
13.6%
1
Canada
DKK 94409
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 120532
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 116908
8.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 115988
8.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 115457
9.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 109543
13.8%
5
Pakistan
DKK 107662
15.2%
6
New Zealand
DKK 107100
15.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 106125
16.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 105936
16.6%
9
Japan
DKK 102181
19.5%
10
Singapore
DKK 101197
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 101036
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 100776
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 96048
24.4%
14
China
DKK 89630
29.4%
15
India
DKK 88355
30.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 114823
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 114347
10.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 113665
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 112530
11.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 110716
12.8%
5
Panama
DKK 107641
15.2%
6
Chile
DKK 103191
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 102085
19.6%
8
Peru
DKK 98137
22.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 96009
24.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 95964
24.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 82501
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 106562
16.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 95303
25.0%
2
Angola
DKK 93606
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 92464
27.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 92449
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 91177
28.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 90996
28.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 87256
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 85955
32.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 84609
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 83564
34.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 80150
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 120650
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 120650
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 116840
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 116840
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 114300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 113030
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 110298
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 97185
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 96575
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 72676
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.