Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
117,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,014 kr
Communal tax
- 21,923 kr
Church tax
- 694 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 36,766 kr
Net pay
* 80,234 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
80,234 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
36,766 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
50,688 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, 4.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 38.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 117,000 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 36,766 kr. That means that your net pay will be 80,234 kr per year, or 6,686 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 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 3,450 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 116002
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 115730
1.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 108464
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 103988
11.1%
4
France
DKK 102459
12.4%
5
Norway
DKK 101814
13.0%
6
Russia
DKK 101790
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100082
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 98893
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 95647
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 95355
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95082
18.7%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94185
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 92810
20.7%
14
Greece
DKK 88070
24.7%
15
Sweden
DKK 87443
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 83439
28.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 79696
31.9%
18
Finland
DKK 78840
32.6%
19
Denmark
DKK 78291
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 77527
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 73628
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 68445
41.5%
23
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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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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99162
15.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88103
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 86331
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86123
26.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 85449
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 84595
27.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 84381
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 80454
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 79889
31.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 78109
33.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 77312
33.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 74000
36.8%
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 Herlev 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.