Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
118,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,181 kr
Communal tax
- 23,899 kr
Church tax
- 1,022 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,237 kr
Net pay
* 79,263 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
79,263 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,237 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,159 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 118,500 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
40.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 40.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 118,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,237 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,263 kr per year, or 6,605 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 117473
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 116733
1.5%
2
Switzerland
DKK 109799
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104725
11.6%
4
France
DKK 103665
12.5%
5
Russia
DKK 103095
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 103004
13.1%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 101234
14.6%
8
Austria
DKK 100157
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 96757
18.4%
10
Hungary
DKK 96578
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95935
19.0%
12
Ukraine
DKK 95392
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 93806
20.8%
14
Greece
DKK 89075
24.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 88448
25.4%
16
Poland
DKK 84397
28.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 80604
32.0%
18
Finland
DKK 79595
32.8%
19
Denmark
DKK 79301
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78322
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 74573
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69322
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 103153
13.0%
1
Canada
DKK 88539
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 112506
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 110742
6.6%
2
Thailand
DKK 108763
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 108028
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 102897
13.2%
5
Pakistan
DKK 101287
14.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 100206
15.4%
7
Indonesia
DKK 99600
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 99591
16.0%
9
Japan
DKK 95646
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 94856
20.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 94560
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 94151
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 90175
23.9%
14
China
DKK 83702
29.4%
15
India
DKK 83527
29.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 107138
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 107092
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 106058
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 105603
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 104193
12.1%
5
Panama
DKK 101211
14.6%
6
Chile
DKK 96467
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95820
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 91740
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91228
23.0%
10
Brazil
DKK 89846
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76976
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 100272
15.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 89183
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 87422
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 87090
26.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 86499
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 85582
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 85373
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 81474
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 80792
31.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 79084
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 78257
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 74923
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 112575
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 112575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 109020
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 109020
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 106650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 105465
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 102917
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 90810
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 90200
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 67300
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.