Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
115,440 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 12,840 kr
Communal tax
- 23,994 kr
Church tax
- 1,122 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,092 kr
Net pay
* 76,348 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
76,348 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,092 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,014 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 115,440 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.59 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 41.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 115,440 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,092 kr. That means that your net pay will be 76,348 kr per year, or 6,362 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.52 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.48 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,324 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 100787
12.7%
1
Canada
DKK 86455
25.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 109617
5.0%
1
Australia
DKK 108523
6.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 106120
8.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 105236
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 100339
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 98992
14.3%
6
New Zealand
DKK 97724
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 97257
15.8%
8
Indonesia
DKK 97193
15.8%
9
Japan
DKK 93293
19.2%
10
Philippines
DKK 92725
19.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 92171
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 91673
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 88045
23.7%
14
India
DKK 81789
29.2%
15
China
DKK 81567
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 104480
9.5%
1
Guatemala
DKK 104371
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 103319
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 103109
10.7%
4
Colombia
DKK 101844
11.8%
5
Panama
DKK 98896
14.3%
6
Chile
DKK 94046
18.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 93565
19.0%
8
Uruguay
DKK 89523
22.5%
9
Peru
DKK 89438
22.5%
10
Brazil
DKK 87628
24.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 74987
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 109668
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 109668
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 106205
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 106205
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 103896
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 102742
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 100260
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 88515
23.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 87905
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 65365
43.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.