Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
115,968 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 12,899 kr
Communal tax
- 23,365 kr
Church tax
- 623 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,023 kr
Net pay
* 77,945 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
77,945 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,023 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51,944 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 115,968 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.48 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 115,968 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,023 kr. That means that your net pay will be 77,945 kr per year, or 6,495 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.41 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.59 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,380 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 114991
0.8%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 114844
1.0%
2
Switzerland
DKK 107546
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 103481
10.8%
4
France
DKK 101629
12.4%
5
Norway
DKK 100995
12.9%
6
Russia
DKK 100892
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 99288
14.4%
8
Austria
DKK 98023
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 94883
18.2%
10
Hungary
DKK 94514
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 94495
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 93354
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 92125
20.6%
14
Greece
DKK 87379
24.7%
15
Sweden
DKK 86752
25.2%
16
Poland
DKK 82780
28.6%
17
Portugal
DKK 79072
31.8%
18
Finland
DKK 78320
32.5%
19
Denmark
DKK 77597
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 76980
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 72978
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 67841
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 101195
12.7%
1
Canada
DKK 86814
25.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 110115
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 108906
6.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 106578
8.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 105718
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 100784
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 99388
14.3%
6
New Zealand
DKK 98152
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 97660
15.8%
8
Indonesia
DKK 97608
15.8%
9
Japan
DKK 93699
19.2%
10
Philippines
DKK 93092
19.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 92583
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 92100
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 88412
23.8%
14
India
DKK 82089
29.2%
15
China
DKK 81935
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 104931
9.5%
1
Guatemala
DKK 104848
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 103791
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 103539
10.7%
4
Colombia
DKK 102249
11.8%
5
Panama
DKK 99296
14.4%
6
Chile
DKK 94464
18.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 93954
19.0%
8
Peru
DKK 89835
22.5%
9
Uruguay
DKK 89818
22.6%
10
Brazil
DKK 88011
24.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 75330
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 98398
15.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 87359
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 85580
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 85457
26.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 84726
26.9%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 83915
27.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 83698
27.8%
7
Nigeria
DKK 79752
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 79268
31.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 77438
33.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 76661
33.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 73365
36.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 110170
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 110170
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 106691
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 106690
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 104371
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 103211
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 100718
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 88911
23.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 88301
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 65699
43.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.