Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
121,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,459 kr
Communal tax
- 24,236 kr
Church tax
- 1,005 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,836 kr
Net pay
* 81,164 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
81,164 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,836 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,757 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 121,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 39.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 121,000 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,836 kr. That means that your net pay will be 81,164 kr per year, or 6,764 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 119923
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 118402
2.2%
2
Switzerland
DKK 112017
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 105945
12.4%
4
France
DKK 105675
12.7%
5
Russia
DKK 105270
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 104988
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 103154
14.8%
8
Austria
DKK 102264
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 98615
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 98607
18.5%
11
Ukraine
DKK 97405
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 97357
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 95403
21.2%
14
Greece
DKK 90750
25.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 90124
25.5%
16
Poland
DKK 85993
28.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 82116
32.1%
18
Finland
DKK 81149
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 80983
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 79647
34.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 76146
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 70785
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 105087
13.2%
1
Canada
DKK 90243
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 114867
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 112556
7.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 110888
8.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 110244
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 104852
13.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 103162
14.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 102233
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 101567
16.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 101498
16.1%
9
Japan
DKK 97568
19.4%
10
Philippines
DKK 96597
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 96512
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 96176
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 91915
24.0%
14
China
DKK 85445
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84947
29.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 109398
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 109226
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 108295
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 107640
11.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 106111
12.3%
5
Panama
DKK 103102
14.8%
6
Chile
DKK 98444
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 97663
19.3%
8
Peru
DKK 93622
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 92621
23.5%
10
Brazil
DKK 91659
24.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 78601
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 102122
15.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 90983
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 89241
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 88703
26.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 88249
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 87227
27.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 87027
28.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 83175
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 82302
32.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 80709
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 79832
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 76460
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 114950
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 114950
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 111320
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 111320
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 108900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 107690
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 105088
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 92685
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 92075
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 68881
43.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.