Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,123 kr
Communal tax
- 19,290 kr
Church tax
- 582 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 32,131 kr
Net pay
* 67,869 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.1%
67.9%
Net pay
32.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
67,869 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
32,131 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
46,053 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 100,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 40.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 100,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 32,131 kr. That means that your net pay will be 67,869 kr per year, or 5,656 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.1% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 88788
11.2%
1
Canada
DKK 75902
24.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 86582
13.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 75863
24.1%
2
Morocco
DKK 75156
24.8%
3
Angola
DKK 73963
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 73549
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 73405
26.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 72716
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 69654
30.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 68890
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 67059
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 66602
33.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 63545
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 95000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 95000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 92000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 92000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 90000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 89000
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 86850
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 76935
23.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 76325
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 55601
44.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.