Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
116,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,009 kr
Communal tax
- 23,395 kr
Church tax
- 1,110 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,649 kr
Net pay
* 78,311 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
78,311 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,649 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,571 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 116,960 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% tax rate now rises to 40.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 116,960 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,649 kr. That means that your net pay will be 78,311 kr per year, or 6,526 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.32 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 3,366 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 115963
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 115696
1.1%
2
Switzerland
DKK 108429
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 103968
11.1%
4
France
DKK 102427
12.4%
5
Norway
DKK 101782
13.0%
6
Russia
DKK 101755
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100051
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 98859
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 95617
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 95322
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95059
18.7%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94153
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 92784
20.7%
14
Greece
DKK 88043
24.7%
15
Sweden
DKK 87416
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 83413
28.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 79672
31.9%
18
Finland
DKK 78819
32.6%
19
Denmark
DKK 78264
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 77506
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 73603
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 68422
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 101962
12.8%
1
Canada
DKK 87490
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 111052
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 109625
6.3%
2
Thailand
DKK 107439
8.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 106623
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 101620
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100132
14.4%
6
New Zealand
DKK 98957
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 98417
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 98389
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 94461
19.2%
10
Philippines
DKK 93783
19.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 93357
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 92904
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89103
23.8%
14
India
DKK 82652
29.3%
15
China
DKK 82627
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 105778
9.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 105745
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 104679
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 104348
10.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 103011
11.9%
5
Panama
DKK 100046
14.5%
6
Chile
DKK 95249
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 94685
19.0%
8
Peru
DKK 90581
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90370
22.7%
10
Brazil
DKK 88730
24.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 75975
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99132
15.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88074
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 86302
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86097
26.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 85421
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 84568
27.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 84355
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 80427
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 79865
31.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 78083
33.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 77286
33.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 73975
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 111112
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 111112
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 107603
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 107603
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 105264
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 104094
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 101580
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 89655
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89045
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66326
43.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.