Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
118,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,125 kr
Communal tax
- 23,795 kr
Church tax
- 1,017 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,073 kr
Net pay
* 78,927 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
78,927 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,073 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,995 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 118,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.49 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 118,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,073 kr. That means that your net pay will be 78,927 kr per year, or 6,577 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 116983
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 116399
1.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 109354
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104480
11.5%
4
France
DKK 103263
12.5%
5
Russia
DKK 102660
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 102607
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100850
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 99736
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 96387
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 96170
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95651
18.9%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94990
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 93474
20.8%
14
Greece
DKK 88740
24.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 88113
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 84077
28.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 80301
32.0%
18
Finland
DKK 79343
32.8%
19
Denmark
DKK 78964
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78057
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 74258
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69030
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 102767
12.9%
1
Canada
DKK 88199
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 112034
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 110380
6.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 108338
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 107572
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 102496
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100912
14.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 99800
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 99210
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 99207
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 95261
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 94508
19.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 94169
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 93746
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89827
23.9%
14
China
DKK 83353
29.4%
15
India
DKK 83243
29.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 106686
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 106665
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 105610
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 105195
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 103809
12.0%
5
Panama
DKK 100833
14.6%
6
Chile
DKK 96071
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95452
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 91364
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90950
22.9%
10
Brazil
DKK 89484
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76651
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99902
15.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88823
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 87058
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86768
26.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 86149
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 85253
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 85043
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 81134
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 80491
31.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 78759
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 77942
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 74615
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 112100
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 112100
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 108560
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 108560
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 106200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 105020
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 102483
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 90435
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89825
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66984
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.