Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
120,120 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,361 kr
Communal tax
- 23,950 kr
Church tax
- 1,007 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 39,454 kr
Net pay
* 80,666 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
80,666 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
39,454 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
53,376 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 120,120 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 120,120 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,454 kr. That means that your net pay will be 80,666 kr per year, or 6,722 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 119060
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 117814
1.9%
2
Switzerland
DKK 111238
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 105517
12.2%
4
France
DKK 104967
12.6%
5
Russia
DKK 104504
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 104290
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 102479
14.7%
8
Austria
DKK 101523
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 97955
18.5%
10
Hungary
DKK 97898
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 96857
19.4%
12
Ukraine
DKK 96697
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 94852
21.0%
14
Greece
DKK 90160
24.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 89534
25.5%
16
Poland
DKK 85431
28.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 81584
32.1%
18
Finland
DKK 80550
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 80390
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 79181
34.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 75593
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 70270
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 104406
13.1%
1
Canada
DKK 89643
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 114036
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 111918
6.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 110140
8.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 109479
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 104164
13.3%
5
Pakistan
DKK 102502
14.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 101520
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 100874
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 100827
16.1%
9
Japan
DKK 96891
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 95984
20.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 95825
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 95464
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 91303
24.0%
14
China
DKK 84831
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84447
29.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 108602
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 108475
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 107507
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106923
11.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 105436
12.2%
5
Panama
DKK 102437
14.7%
6
Chile
DKK 97748
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 97014
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92959
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 92131
23.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 91021
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 78029
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 101471
15.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 90349
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88601
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 88135
26.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 87633
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86648
27.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 86445
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82576
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81767
31.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 80137
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 79277
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 75919
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 114114
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 114114
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 110510
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 110510
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 108108
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 106907
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 104324
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 92025
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 91415
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 68325
43.1%
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.