Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
119,604 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,303 kr
Communal tax
- 22,709 kr
Church tax
- 378 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 37,526 kr
Net pay
* 82,078 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.4%
68.6%
Net pay
31.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
82,078 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
37,526 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51,448 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 119,604 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.30 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 38.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 119,604 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 37,526 kr. That means that your net pay will be 82,078 kr per year, or 6,840 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.4% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 118554
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 117470
1.8%
2
Switzerland
DKK 110781
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 105267
12.0%
4
France
DKK 104552
12.6%
5
Russia
DKK 104055
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 103880
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 102083
14.7%
8
Austria
DKK 101088
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 97574
18.4%
10
Hungary
DKK 97477
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 96563
19.3%
12
Ukraine
DKK 96281
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 94529
21.0%
14
Greece
DKK 89814
24.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 89188
25.4%
16
Poland
DKK 85102
28.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 81272
32.1%
18
Finland
DKK 80199
33.0%
19
Denmark
DKK 80043
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78907
34.0%
21
Netherlands
DKK 75268
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69968
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 104007
13.0%
1
Canada
DKK 89292
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 113548
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 111543
6.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 109702
8.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 109031
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 103761
13.3%
5
Pakistan
DKK 102115
14.6%
6
New Zealand
DKK 101101
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 100468
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 100433
16.0%
9
Japan
DKK 96494
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 95625
20.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 95422
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 95046
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 90943
24.0%
14
China
DKK 84472
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84154
29.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 108136
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 108034
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 107046
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106502
11.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 105040
12.2%
5
Panama
DKK 102046
14.7%
6
Chile
DKK 97340
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 96634
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92571
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91843
23.2%
10
Brazil
DKK 90647
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 77694
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 101089
15.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 89977
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88225
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 87802
26.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 87271
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86309
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 86104
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82225
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81457
31.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 79802
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 78952
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 75602
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 113624
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 113624
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 110036
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 110036
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 107644
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 106448
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 103876
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 91638
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 91028
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 67999
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.