Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
129,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 14,348 kr
Communal tax
- 25,873 kr
Church tax
- 1,227 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 42,584 kr
Net pay
* 86,416 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
86,416 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
42,584 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
56,506 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 129,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.38 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 39.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 129,000 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 42,584 kr. That means that your net pay will be 86,416 kr per year, or 7,201 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 111274
13.7%
1
Canada
DKK 95891
25.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 116631
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 116054
10.0%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 115455
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 114160
11.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 112250
13.0%
5
Panama
DKK 109154
15.4%
6
Chile
DKK 104773
18.8%
7
Mexico
DKK 103559
19.7%
8
Peru
DKK 99642
22.8%
9
Brazil
DKK 97459
24.5%
10
Uruguay
DKK 97078
24.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 83801
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 108042
16.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 96743
25.0%
2
Angola
DKK 95061
26.3%
3
Kenya
DKK 93849
27.3%
4
Morocco
DKK 93708
27.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 92493
28.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 92319
28.4%
7
Nigeria
DKK 88616
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 87173
32.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 85909
33.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 84807
34.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 81380
36.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 122550
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 122550
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 118680
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 118680
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 116100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 114810
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 112035
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 98685
23.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 98075
24.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 73941
42.7%
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.