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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 126151
1.1%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 122740
3.7%
2
Switzerland
DKK 117778
7.6%
3
Russia
DKK 110925
13.0%
4
France
DKK 110901
13.0%
5
Norway
DKK 110147
13.6%
6
Spain
DKK 109034
14.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 108136
15.2%
8
Austria
DKK 107743
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 103912
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 103417
18.9%
11
Ukraine
DKK 102637
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 101054
20.7%
13
Germany
DKK 99463
22.0%
14
Greece
DKK 95104
25.4%
15
Sweden
DKK 94479
25.9%
16
Poland
DKK 90143
29.3%
17
Portugal
DKK 86049
32.5%
18
Finland
DKK 85573
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 85356
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 83092
34.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 80235
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 74587
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 110114
13.6%
1
Canada
DKK 94780
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 121004
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 117271
8.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 116413
8.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 115892
9.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 109934
13.8%
5
Pakistan
DKK 108037
15.3%
6
New Zealand
DKK 107506
15.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 106489
16.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 106284
16.6%
9
Japan
DKK 102565
19.6%
10
Singapore
DKK 101587
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 101441
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 101124
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 96383
24.4%
14
China
DKK 89979
29.4%
15
India
DKK 88639
30.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 115275
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 114774
10.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 114112
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 112937
11.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 111099
12.9%
5
Panama
DKK 108020
15.3%
6
Chile
DKK 103586
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 102454
19.6%
8
Peru
DKK 98513
22.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 96371
24.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 96243
24.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 82826
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 106932
16.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 95663
25.0%
2
Angola
DKK 93970
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 92799
27.2%
4
Morocco
DKK 92775
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 91506
28.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 91327
28.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 87596
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 86260
32.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 84934
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 83875
34.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 80458
36.9%
12
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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.