Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
117,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,069 kr
Communal tax
- 23,552 kr
Church tax
- 1,180 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,937 kr
Net pay
* 78,563 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
78,563 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,937 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,859 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 117,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.50 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 40.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 117,500 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,937 kr. That means that your net pay will be 78,563 kr per year, or 6,547 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,361 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 116492
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 116065
1.2%
2
Switzerland
DKK 108909
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104234
11.3%
4
France
DKK 102861
12.5%
5
Russia
DKK 102225
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 102211
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100466
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 99314
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 96017
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 95763
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95367
18.8%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94587
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 93142
20.7%
14
Greece
DKK 88405
24.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 87778
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 83758
28.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 79999
31.9%
18
Finland
DKK 79091
32.7%
19
Denmark
DKK 78628
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 77792
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 73943
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 68738
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 102380
12.9%
1
Canada
DKK 87858
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 111562
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 110017
6.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 107908
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 107116
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 102075
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100537
14.4%
6
New Zealand
DKK 99395
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 98828
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 98813
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 94877
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 94159
19.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 93779
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 93341
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89479
23.9%
14
China
DKK 83004
29.4%
15
India
DKK 82959
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 106239
9.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 106234
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 105163
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 104788
10.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 103425
12.0%
5
Panama
DKK 100455
14.5%
6
Chile
DKK 95676
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95083
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 90988
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90671
22.8%
10
Brazil
DKK 89121
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76326
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99532
15.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88463
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 86695
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86445
26.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 85799
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 84924
27.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 84712
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 80794
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 80190
31.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 78434
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 77627
33.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 74308
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 111625
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 111625
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 108100
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 108100
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 105750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 104575
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 102049
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 90060
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89450
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66668
43.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.