Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
120,024 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,350 kr
Communal tax
- 23,930 kr
Church tax
- 1,007 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,423 kr
Net pay
* 80,601 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
80,601 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,423 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,344 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 120,024 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 32.8% tax rate now rises to 39.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 120,024 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,423 kr. That means that your net pay will be 80,601 kr per year, or 6,717 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 118966
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 117750
1.9%
2
Switzerland
DKK 111153
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 105471
12.1%
4
France
DKK 104890
12.6%
5
Russia
DKK 104421
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 104214
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 102405
14.7%
8
Austria
DKK 101442
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 97884
18.5%
10
Hungary
DKK 97820
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 96802
19.4%
12
Ukraine
DKK 96619
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 94792
21.0%
14
Greece
DKK 90096
24.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 89470
25.5%
16
Poland
DKK 85370
28.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 81526
32.1%
18
Finland
DKK 80485
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 80326
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 79130
34.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 75532
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 70214
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 104332
13.1%
1
Canada
DKK 89578
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 113945
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 111848
6.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 110059
8.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 109396
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 104089
13.3%
5
Pakistan
DKK 102430
14.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 101442
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 100799
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 100754
16.1%
9
Japan
DKK 96817
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 95917
20.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 95750
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 95386
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 91236
24.0%
14
China
DKK 84765
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84393
29.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 108515
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 108393
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 107421
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106845
11.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 105362
12.2%
5
Panama
DKK 102364
14.7%
6
Chile
DKK 97672
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 96943
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92887
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 92077
23.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 90951
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 77967
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 101400
15.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 90280
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88531
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 88073
26.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 87565
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86585
27.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 86381
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82511
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81710
31.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 80075
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 79217
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 75860
36.8%
12
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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.