Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
127,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,182 kr
Communal tax
- 26,069 kr
Church tax
- 1,091 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 42,478 kr
Net pay
* 85,022 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
85,022 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
42,478 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
56,399 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 127,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.42 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 127,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 42,478 kr. That means that your net pay will be 85,022 kr per year, or 7,085 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 110114
13.6%
1
Canada
DKK 94780
25.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 121125
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 121125
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 117300
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 117300
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 114750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 113475
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 110732
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 97560
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 96950
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 72992
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.