Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
126,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,015 kr
Communal tax
- 25,445 kr
Church tax
- 679 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 41,274 kr
Net pay
* 84,726 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
84,726 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
41,274 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
55,196 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 126,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.38 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 39.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 126,000 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 41,274 kr. That means that your net pay will be 84,726 kr per year, or 7,060 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 108954
13.5%
1
Canada
DKK 93668
25.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 105822
16.0%
1
Mozambique
DKK 94583
24.9%
2
Angola
DKK 92878
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 91842
27.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 91749
27.2%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 90519
28.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 90335
28.3%
7
Nigeria
DKK 86576
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 85346
32.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 83959
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 82943
34.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 79535
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 119700
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 119700
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 115920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 115920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 113400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 112140
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 109430
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 96435
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 95825
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 72043
42.8%
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.