Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
117,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,014 kr
Communal tax
- 22,496 kr
Church tax
- 675 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 37,321 kr
Net pay
* 79,679 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
79,679 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
37,321 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51,243 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 117,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.38 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.9% tax rate now rises to 39.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 117,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 37,321 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,679 kr per year, or 6,640 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 101993
12.8%
1
Canada
DKK 87517
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 111090
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 109654
6.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 107474
8.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 106659
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 101654
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100162
14.4%
6
New Zealand
DKK 98989
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 98447
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 98420
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 94492
19.2%
10
Philippines
DKK 93811
19.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 93389
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 92936
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89131
23.8%
14
India
DKK 82675
29.3%
15
China
DKK 82655
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 105812
9.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 105781
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 104715
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 104380
10.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 103041
11.9%
5
Panama
DKK 100076
14.5%
6
Chile
DKK 95280
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 94715
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 90612
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90393
22.7%
10
Brazil
DKK 88759
24.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 76001
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 111150
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 111150
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 107640
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 107640
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 105300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 104130
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 101615
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 89685
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89075
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66352
43.3%
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.