Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
115,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 12,791 kr
Communal tax
- 22,101 kr
Church tax
- 663 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 36,691 kr
Net pay
* 78,309 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
31.9%
68.1%
Net pay
31.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
78,309 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
36,691 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
50,613 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 115,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.40 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.9% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 115,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 36,691 kr. That means that your net pay will be 78,309 kr per year, or 6,526 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.9% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,425 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 100446
12.7%
1
Canada
DKK 86155
25.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 109201
5.0%
1
Australia
DKK 108203
5.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 105738
8.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 104835
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 99969
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 98662
14.2%
6
New Zealand
DKK 97367
15.3%
7
Malaysia
DKK 96922
15.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 96847
15.8%
9
Japan
DKK 92954
19.2%
10
Philippines
DKK 92418
19.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 91827
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 91320
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 87738
23.7%
14
India
DKK 81539
29.1%
15
China
DKK 81260
29.3%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 109250
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 109250
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 105800
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 105800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 103500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 102350
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 99878
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 88185
23.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 87575
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 65087
43.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.