Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
118,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,181 kr
Communal tax
- 23,524 kr
Church tax
- 890 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,731 kr
Net pay
* 79,769 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
79,769 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,731 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,652 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 118,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.44 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 118,500 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,731 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,769 kr per year, or 6,647 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 103153
13.0%
1
Canada
DKK 88539
25.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 107138
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 107092
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 106058
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 105603
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 104193
12.1%
5
Panama
DKK 101211
14.6%
6
Chile
DKK 96467
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95820
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 91740
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91228
23.0%
10
Brazil
DKK 89846
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76976
35.0%
12
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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.