Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
119,340 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,274 kr
Communal tax
- 24,734 kr
Church tax
- 972 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 40,116 kr
Net pay
* 79,224 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
79,224 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
40,116 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
54,038 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 119,340 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.53 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 40.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 119,340 kr a year living in the region of Frederikshavn, Denmark, you will be taxed 40,116 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,224 kr per year, or 6,602 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.27 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.73 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 667 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,337 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 118296
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 117293
1.7%
2
Switzerland
DKK 110547
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 105138
11.9%
4
France
DKK 104340
12.6%
5
Russia
DKK 103826
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 103671
13.1%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 101880
14.6%
8
Austria
DKK 100865
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 97378
18.4%
10
Hungary
DKK 97262
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 96413
19.2%
12
Ukraine
DKK 96069
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 94363
20.9%
14
Greece
DKK 89638
24.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 89011
25.4%
16
Poland
DKK 84933
28.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 81112
32.0%
18
Finland
DKK 80019
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 79866
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78768
34.0%
21
Netherlands
DKK 75102
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69814
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 103803
13.0%
1
Canada
DKK 89112
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 113299
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 111352
6.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 109477
8.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 108794
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 103554
13.2%
5
Pakistan
DKK 101917
14.6%
6
New Zealand
DKK 100887
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 100261
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 100232
16.0%
9
Japan
DKK 96291
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 95441
20.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 95216
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 94832
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 90760
24.0%
14
China
DKK 84287
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84004
29.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 107897
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 107809
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 106809
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106287
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 104837
12.2%
5
Panama
DKK 101847
14.7%
6
Chile
DKK 97131
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 96439
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92372
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91696
23.2%
10
Brazil
DKK 90455
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 77522
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 100894
15.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 89787
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88033
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 87632
26.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 87087
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86135
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 85929
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82045
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81298
31.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 79630
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 78786
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 75439
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 113373
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 113373
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 109793
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 109793
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 107406
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 106213
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 103647
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 91440
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 90830
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 67832
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederikshavn 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.