Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
119,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,236 kr
Communal tax
- 23,720 kr
Church tax
- 998 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,090 kr
Net pay
* 79,910 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
79,910 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,090 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,012 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 119,000 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
39.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 39.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 119,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,090 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,910 kr per year, or 6,659 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 117963
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 117066
1.6%
2
Switzerland
DKK 110244
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 104971
11.8%
4
France
DKK 104067
12.6%
5
Russia
DKK 103530
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 103401
13.1%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 101619
14.6%
8
Austria
DKK 100579
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 97127
18.4%
10
Hungary
DKK 96985
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 96220
19.1%
12
Ukraine
DKK 95795
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 94138
20.9%
14
Greece
DKK 89410
24.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 88783
25.4%
16
Poland
DKK 84716
28.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 80906
32.0%
18
Finland
DKK 79847
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 79637
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78587
34.0%
21
Netherlands
DKK 74888
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69615
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 103540
13.0%
1
Canada
DKK 88880
25.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 107590
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 107519
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 106505
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106010
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 104576
12.1%
5
Panama
DKK 101589
14.6%
6
Chile
DKK 96862
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 96189
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92117
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91507
23.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 90209
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 77301
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 113050
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 113050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 109480
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 109480
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 107100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 105910
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 103352
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 91185
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 90575
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 67617
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.