Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
117,518 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,071 kr
Communal tax
- 23,324 kr
Church tax
- 883 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,413 kr
Net pay
* 79,105 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
79,105 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,413 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,335 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 117,518 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.45 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 39.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 117,518 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,413 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,105 kr per year, or 6,592 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 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 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 116510
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 116077
1.2%
2
Switzerland
DKK 108925
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104243
11.3%
4
France
DKK 102875
12.5%
5
Russia
DKK 102241
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 102225
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100480
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 99330
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 96030
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 95777
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95377
18.8%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94602
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 93154
20.7%
14
Greece
DKK 88417
24.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 87790
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 83770
28.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 80010
31.9%
18
Finland
DKK 79101
32.7%
19
Denmark
DKK 78640
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 77802
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 73954
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 68748
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 102394
12.9%
1
Canada
DKK 87870
25.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 111579
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 110030
6.4%
2
Thailand
DKK 107923
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 107132
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 102090
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100551
14.4%
6
New Zealand
DKK 99409
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 98842
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 98828
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 94890
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 94172
19.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 93793
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 93356
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89491
23.9%
14
China
DKK 83017
29.4%
15
India
DKK 82969
29.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 106254
9.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 106250
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 105179
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 104802
10.8%
4
Colombia
DKK 103439
12.0%
5
Panama
DKK 100468
14.5%
6
Chile
DKK 95690
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95096
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 91001
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90681
22.8%
10
Brazil
DKK 89134
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76338
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99545
15.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88475
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 86708
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86457
26.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 85811
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 84935
27.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 84724
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 80806
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 80201
31.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 78446
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 77638
33.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 74319
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 111642
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 111642
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 108117
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 108117
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 105766
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 104591
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 102064
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 90074
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89464
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66679
43.3%
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.