Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
127,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,182 kr
Communal tax
- 26,271 kr
Church tax
- 1,111 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 42,700 kr
Net pay
* 84,800 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
84,800 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
42,700 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
56,622 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 127,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.44 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 40.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 127,500 kr a year living in the region of Stevns, Denmark, you will be taxed 42,700 kr. That means that your net pay will be 84,800 kr per year, or 7,067 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.17 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.83 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 110114
13.6%
1
Canada
DKK 94780
25.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 121004
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 117271
8.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 116413
8.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 115892
9.1%
4
South Korea
DKK 109934
13.8%
5
Pakistan
DKK 108037
15.3%
6
New Zealand
DKK 107506
15.7%
7
Indonesia
DKK 106489
16.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 106284
16.6%
9
Japan
DKK 102565
19.6%
10
Singapore
DKK 101587
20.3%
11
Kazakhstan
DKK 101441
20.4%
12
Philippines
DKK 101124
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 96383
24.4%
14
China
DKK 89979
29.4%
15
India
DKK 88639
30.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 115275
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 114774
10.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 114112
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 112937
11.4%
4
Colombia
DKK 111099
12.9%
5
Panama
DKK 108020
15.3%
6
Chile
DKK 103586
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 102454
19.6%
8
Peru
DKK 98513
22.7%
9
Brazil
DKK 96371
24.4%
10
Uruguay
DKK 96243
24.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 82826
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 121125
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 121125
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 117300
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 117300
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 114750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 113475
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 110732
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 97560
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 96950
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 72992
42.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Stevns 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.