Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
122,255 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,598 kr
Communal tax
- 22,839 kr
Church tax
- 774 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,347 kr
Net pay
* 83,908 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
83,908 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,347 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,269 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 122,255 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.28 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 38.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 122,255 kr a year living in the region of Glostrup, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,347 kr. That means that your net pay will be 83,908 kr per year, or 6,992 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 121152
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 119239
2.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 113129
7.5%
3
France
DKK 106684
12.7%
4
Spain
DKK 106555
12.8%
5
Russia
DKK 106362
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 105984
13.3%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 104117
14.8%
8
Austria
DKK 103322
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 99638
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 99535
18.6%
11
Ukraine
DKK 98415
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 98071
19.8%
13
Germany
DKK 96190
21.3%
14
Greece
DKK 91590
25.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 90965
25.6%
16
Poland
DKK 86794
29.0%
17
Portugal
DKK 82876
32.2%
18
Finland
DKK 82003
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 81827
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 80313
34.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 76936
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 71519
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 106057
13.3%
1
Canada
DKK 91098
25.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 116052
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 113466
7.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 111955
8.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 111334
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 105833
13.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 104104
14.9%
6
New Zealand
DKK 103251
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 102554
16.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 102455
16.2%
9
Japan
DKK 98533
19.4%
10
Singapore
DKK 97492
20.3%
11
Philippines
DKK 97471
20.3%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 97193
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 92789
24.1%
14
China
DKK 86321
29.4%
15
India
DKK 85660
29.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 110533
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 110297
9.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 109418
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 108663
11.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 107074
12.4%
5
Panama
DKK 104052
14.9%
6
Chile
DKK 99437
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 98588
19.4%
8
Peru
DKK 94566
22.7%
9
Uruguay
DKK 93320
23.7%
10
Brazil
DKK 92569
24.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 79417
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 103051
15.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 91886
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 90154
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 89512
26.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 89127
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 88054
28.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 87857
28.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 84028
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 83066
32.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 81525
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 80615
34.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 77232
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 116142
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 116142
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 112475
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 112475
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 110030
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 108807
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 106178
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 93626
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 93016
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 69675
43.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Glostrup 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.