Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
118,296 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,158 kr
Communal tax
- 24,137 kr
Church tax
- 1,085 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,516 kr
Net pay
* 78,780 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
78,780 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,516 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,438 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 118,296 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.52 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 40.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 118,296 kr a year living in the region of Guldborgsund, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,516 kr. That means that your net pay will be 78,780 kr per year, or 6,565 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 33.1%. 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 33.05 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.95 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,348 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 117273
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 116597
1.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 109618
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104625
11.6%
4
France
DKK 103501
12.5%
5
Russia
DKK 102918
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 102842
13.1%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 101078
14.6%
8
Austria
DKK 99985
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 96606
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 96411
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95819
19.0%
12
Ukraine
DKK 95228
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 93670
20.8%
14
Greece
DKK 88938
24.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 88312
25.4%
16
Poland
DKK 84266
28.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 80480
32.0%
18
Finland
DKK 79492
32.8%
19
Denmark
DKK 79163
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78214
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 74444
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69203
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 102996
12.9%
1
Canada
DKK 88400
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 112313
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 110594
6.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 108590
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 107842
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 102738
13.2%
5
Pakistan
DKK 101134
14.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 100040
15.4%
7
Indonesia
DKK 99440
15.9%
8
Malaysia
DKK 99436
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 95489
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 94714
19.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 94400
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 93986
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 90033
23.9%
14
China
DKK 83559
29.4%
15
India
DKK 83411
29.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 106953
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 106918
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 105875
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 105436
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 104036
12.1%
5
Panama
DKK 101057
14.6%
6
Chile
DKK 96305
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95670
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 91587
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91115
23.0%
10
Brazil
DKK 89698
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76844
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 100121
15.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 89036
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 87274
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86959
26.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 86356
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 85448
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 85238
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 81335
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 80669
31.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 78951
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 78128
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 74797
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 112381
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 112381
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 108832
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 108832
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 106466
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 105283
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 102740
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 90657
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 90047
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 67171
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Guldborgsund 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.