Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
121,501 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,514 kr
Communal tax
- 24,522 kr
Church tax
- 1,221 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 40,393 kr
Net pay
* 81,108 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
81,108 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
40,393 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
54,315 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 121,501 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.47 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 40.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 6.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 121,501 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 40,393 kr. That means that your net pay will be 81,108 kr per year, or 6,759 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,355 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 120413
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 118736
2.3%
2
Switzerland
DKK 112461
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 106188
12.6%
4
France
DKK 106078
12.7%
5
Russia
DKK 105706
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 105386
13.3%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 103538
14.8%
8
Austria
DKK 102687
15.5%
9
Hungary
DKK 99023
18.5%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 98977
18.5%
11
Ukraine
DKK 97808
19.5%
12
Italy
DKK 97642
19.6%
13
Germany
DKK 95717
21.2%
14
Greece
DKK 91085
25.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 90459
25.6%
16
Poland
DKK 86313
29.0%
17
Portugal
DKK 82419
32.2%
18
Finland
DKK 81490
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 81320
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 79913
34.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 76461
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 71078
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 105474
13.2%
1
Canada
DKK 90584
25.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 115340
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 112919
7.1%
2
Thailand
DKK 111314
8.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 110679
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 105244
13.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 103538
14.8%
6
New Zealand
DKK 102640
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 101961
16.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 101880
16.2%
9
Japan
DKK 97953
19.4%
10
Philippines
DKK 96946
20.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 96903
20.3%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 96582
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 92264
24.1%
14
China
DKK 85795
29.4%
15
India
DKK 85232
29.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 109851
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 109653
9.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 108743
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 108048
11.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 106496
12.4%
5
Panama
DKK 103481
14.8%
6
Chile
DKK 98841
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 98032
19.3%
8
Peru
DKK 93999
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 92900
23.5%
10
Brazil
DKK 92022
24.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 78927
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 102493
15.6%
1
Mozambique
DKK 91343
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 89605
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 89026
26.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 88599
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 87557
27.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 87358
28.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 83515
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 82607
32.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 81035
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 80146
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 76768
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 115426
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 115426
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 111781
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 111781
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 109351
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 108136
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 105523
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 93061
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 92451
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 69198
43.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Thisted 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.