Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
128,640 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,308 kr
Communal tax
- 25,992 kr
Church tax
- 693 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 42,130 kr
Net pay
* 86,510 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
86,510 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
42,130 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
56,051 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 128,640 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 39.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 128,640 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 42,130 kr. That means that your net pay will be 86,510 kr per year, or 7,209 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 110996
13.7%
1
Canada
DKK 95625
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 122081
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 118098
8.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 117382
8.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 116883
9.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 110826
13.9%
5
Pakistan
DKK 108892
15.4%
6
New Zealand
DKK 108430
15.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 107318
16.6%
8
Malaysia
DKK 107075
16.8%
9
Japan
DKK 103442
19.6%
10
Singapore
DKK 102477
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 102365
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 101918
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 97149
24.5%
14
China
DKK 90774
29.4%
15
India
DKK 89287
30.6%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 107776
16.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 96483
25.0%
2
Angola
DKK 94799
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 93597
27.2%
4
Morocco
DKK 93484
27.3%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 92256
28.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 92081
28.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 88371
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 86954
32.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 85675
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 84583
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 81159
36.9%
12
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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.