Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
115,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 12,847 kr
Communal tax
- 22,912 kr
Church tax
- 867 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 37,761 kr
Net pay
* 77,739 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
77,739 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
37,761 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51,683 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 115,500 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
39.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 39.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 115,500 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 37,761 kr. That means that your net pay will be 77,739 kr per year, or 6,478 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 100833
12.7%
1
Canada
DKK 86495
25.1%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 109725
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 109725
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 106260
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 106260
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 103950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 102795
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 100312
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 88560
23.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 87950
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 65403
43.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.