Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
122,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,570 kr
Communal tax
- 22,597 kr
Church tax
- 859 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,162 kr
Net pay
* 83,838 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
83,838 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,162 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,084 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 122,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.27 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
38.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 38.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 122,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,162 kr. That means that your net pay will be 83,838 kr per year, or 6,986 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 30.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.12 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 105860
13.2%
1
Canada
DKK 90924
25.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 115811
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 113281
7.2%
2
Thailand
DKK 111738
8.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 111113
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 105634
13.4%
5
Pakistan
DKK 103912
14.8%
6
New Zealand
DKK 103045
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 102353
16.1%
8
Malaysia
DKK 102261
16.2%
9
Japan
DKK 98337
19.4%
10
Singapore
DKK 97293
20.3%
11
Philippines
DKK 97293
20.3%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 96986
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 92611
24.1%
14
China
DKK 86143
29.4%
15
India
DKK 85515
29.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 110302
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 110079
9.8%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 109190
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 108455
11.1%
4
Colombia
DKK 106878
12.4%
5
Panama
DKK 103859
14.9%
6
Chile
DKK 99235
18.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 98400
19.3%
8
Peru
DKK 94374
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 93178
23.6%
10
Brazil
DKK 92384
24.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 79251
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 102862
15.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 91703
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 89968
26.3%
3
Morocco
DKK 89348
26.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 88949
27.1%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 87886
28.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 87689
28.1%
7
Nigeria
DKK 83855
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 82911
32.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 81359
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 80456
34.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 77075
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 115900
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 115900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 112240
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 112240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 109800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 108580
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 105957
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 93435
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 92825
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 69514
43.0%
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.