Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
4,973 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 553 kr
Communal tax
- 1,007 kr
Church tax
- 37.37 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 47.33 kr
Total tax
- 1,645 kr
Net pay
* 3,328 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,328 kr
Net pay
580 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,645 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
2,225 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 580 kr to pay you 4,973 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.47 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 40.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 119,352 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 39,478 kr. That means that your net pay will be 79,874 kr per year, or 6,656 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.72 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.28 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,364 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 103812
13.0%
1
Canada
DKK 89120
25.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Hong Kong
DKK 113311
5.1%
1
Australia
DKK 111360
6.7%
2
Thailand
DKK 109487
8.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 108805
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 103563
13.2%
5
Pakistan
DKK 101926
14.6%
6
New Zealand
DKK 100897
15.5%
7
Indonesia
DKK 100270
16.0%
8
Malaysia
DKK 100241
16.0%
9
Japan
DKK 96301
19.3%
10
Philippines
DKK 95449
20.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 95225
20.2%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 94842
20.5%
13
Vietnam
DKK 90768
24.0%
14
China
DKK 84296
29.4%
15
India
DKK 84011
29.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Guatemala
DKK 107908
9.6%
1
Puerto Rico
DKK 107819
9.7%
2
Costa Rica
DKK 106820
10.5%
3
Ecuador
DKK 106297
10.9%
4
Colombia
DKK 104846
12.2%
5
Panama
DKK 101856
14.7%
6
Chile
DKK 97141
18.6%
7
Mexico
DKK 96448
19.2%
8
Peru
DKK 92381
22.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 91703
23.2%
10
Brazil
DKK 90464
24.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 77530
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 100902
15.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 89796
24.8%
2
Angola
DKK 88042
26.2%
3
Morocco
DKK 87640
26.6%
4
Kenya
DKK 87095
27.0%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 86143
27.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 85937
28.0%
7
Nigeria
DKK 82054
31.3%
8
Cameroon
DKK 81305
31.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 79638
33.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 78793
34.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 75447
36.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 113384
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 113384
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 109804
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 109804
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 107417
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 106223
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 103657
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 91449
23.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 90839
23.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 67839
43.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.