Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
117,988 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 13,124 kr
Communal tax
- 23,793 kr
Church tax
- 868 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 38,920 kr
Net pay
* 79,068 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
79,068 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
38,920 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
52,842 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 117,988 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.48 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 40.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 117,988 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 38,920 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,068 kr per year, or 6,589 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Ireland
DKK 116971
0.9%
1
United Kingdom
DKK 116391
1.4%
2
Switzerland
DKK 109344
7.3%
3
Spain
DKK 104474
11.5%
4
France
DKK 103253
12.5%
5
Russia
DKK 102650
13.0%
6
Norway
DKK 102598
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 100841
14.5%
8
Austria
DKK 99726
15.5%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 96378
18.3%
10
Hungary
DKK 96160
18.5%
11
Italy
DKK 95644
18.9%
12
Ukraine
DKK 94980
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 93466
20.8%
14
Greece
DKK 88732
24.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 88105
25.3%
16
Poland
DKK 84070
28.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 80294
32.0%
18
Finland
DKK 79337
32.8%
19
Denmark
DKK 78956
33.1%
20
Belgium
DKK 78051
33.9%
21
Netherlands
DKK 74250
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 69023
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 102757
12.9%
1
Canada
DKK 88191
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 112023
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 110371
6.5%
2
Thailand
DKK 108328
8.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 107561
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 102486
13.1%
5
Pakistan
DKK 100903
14.5%
6
New Zealand
DKK 99790
15.4%
7
Malaysia
DKK 99201
15.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 99197
15.9%
9
Japan
DKK 95252
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 94499
19.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 94160
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 93737
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 89818
23.9%
14
China
DKK 83344
29.4%
15
India
DKK 83236
29.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 106675
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 106655
9.6%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 105599
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 105185
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 103800
12.0%
5
Panama
DKK 100824
14.6%
6
Chile
DKK 96062
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 95443
19.1%
8
Peru
DKK 91355
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 90943
22.9%
10
Brazil
DKK 89475
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 76643
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 99893
15.3%
1
Mozambique
DKK 88814
24.7%
2
Angola
DKK 87050
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 86760
26.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 86140
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 85245
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 85035
27.9%
7
Nigeria
DKK 81126
31.2%
8
Cameroon
DKK 80484
31.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 78751
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 77934
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 74608
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 112089
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 112089
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 108549
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 108549
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 106189
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 105009
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 102473
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 90426
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 89816
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 66977
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.