Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,488 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,177 kr
Communal tax
- 19,388 kr
Church tax
- 585 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 32,286 kr
Net pay
* 68,202 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
68,202 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
32,286 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
46,207 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 100,488 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.60 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 100,488 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 32,286 kr. That means that your net pay will be 68,202 kr per year, or 5,684 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 89167
11.3%
1
Canada
DKK 76264
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 96971
3.5%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 95464
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 93142
7.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 91597
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 87778
12.7%
5
South Korea
DKK 87743
12.7%
6
Malaysia
DKK 85853
14.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 85596
14.8%
8
Indonesia
DKK 85432
15.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 82067
18.3%
10
Japan
DKK 81519
18.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 80429
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 79672
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 77432
22.9%
14
India
DKK 73296
27.1%
15
China
DKK 71138
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 91719
8.7%
1
Guatemala
DKK 90853
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 90412
10.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 90330
10.1%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 89937
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 87585
12.8%
6
Mexico
DKK 82314
18.1%
7
Chile
DKK 82219
18.2%
8
Uruguay
DKK 79545
20.8%
9
Peru
DKK 78186
22.2%
10
Brazil
DKK 77116
23.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 65268
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 86943
13.5%
1
Mozambique
DKK 76214
24.2%
2
Morocco
DKK 75471
24.9%
3
Angola
DKK 74318
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 73890
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 73726
26.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 73061
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 69948
30.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 69222
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 67376
33.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 66909
33.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 63845
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 95464
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 95464
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 92449
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 92449
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 90439
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 89434
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 87274
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 77301
23.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 76691
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 55909
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.