Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
120,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,347 kr
Communal tax
- 22,216 kr
Church tax
- 845 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 37,545 kr
Net pay
* 82,455 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.3%
68.7%
Net pay
31.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
82,455 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
37,545 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
51,466 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 120,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.29 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 38.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 120,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 37,545 kr. That means that your net pay will be 82,455 kr per year, or 6,871 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.3% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.89 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.11 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,456 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 118943
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 117734
1.9%
2
Switzerland
DKK 111131
7.4%
3
Spain
DKK 105459
12.1%
4
France
DKK 104871
12.6%
5
Russia
DKK 104400
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 104195
13.2%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 102386
14.7%
8
Austria
DKK 101422
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 97867
18.4%
10
Hungary
DKK 97800
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 96788
19.3%
12
Ukraine
DKK 96600
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 94777
21.0%
14
Greece
DKK 90080
24.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 89453
25.5%
16
Poland
DKK 85354
28.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 81511
32.1%
18
Finland
DKK 80468
32.9%
19
Denmark
DKK 80310
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 79117
34.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 75517
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 70200
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 104313
13.1%
1
Canada
DKK 89561
25.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 113922
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 111830
6.8%
2
Thailand
DKK 110038
8.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 109375
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 104070
13.3%
5
Pakistan
DKK 102412
14.7%
6
New Zealand
DKK 101422
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 100780
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 100735
16.1%
9
Japan
DKK 96799
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 95901
20.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 95731
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 95366
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 91219
24.0%
14
China
DKK 84748
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84379
29.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 108494
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 108372
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 107400
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106825
11.0%
4
Colombia
DKK 105344
12.2%
5
Panama
DKK 102346
14.7%
6
Chile
DKK 97653
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 96926
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92869
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 92064
23.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 90934
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 77951
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 101382
15.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 90263
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88513
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 88058
26.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 87549
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86569
27.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 86366
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82494
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81695
31.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 80059
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 79202
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 75845
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 114000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 114000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 110400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 110400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 108000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 106800
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 104220
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 91935
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 91325
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 68249
43.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.