Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
103,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,456 kr
Communal tax
- 19,889 kr
Church tax
- 600 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 33,081 kr
Net pay
* 69,919 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
69,919 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
33,081 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
47,003 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 103,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.56 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 40.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 103,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 33,081 kr. That means that your net pay will be 69,919 kr per year, or 5,827 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 103000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 102396
0.6%
2
Spain
DKK 96459
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 95805
7.0%
4
France
DKK 91203
11.5%
5
Norway
DKK 90661
12.0%
6
Russia
DKK 89610
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 89231
13.4%
8
Austria
DKK 87574
15.0%
9
Italy
DKK 86765
15.8%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 85287
17.2%
11
Hungary
DKK 83945
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 82915
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 82735
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 78692
23.6%
15
Sweden
DKK 78059
24.2%
16
Poland
DKK 74499
27.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 71226
30.9%
18
Finland
DKK 70343
31.7%
19
Belgium
DKK 69922
32.1%
20
Denmark
DKK 68872
33.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 64815
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 60255
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 91123
11.5%
1
Canada
DKK 77979
24.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 98917
4.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 97850
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 95323
7.5%
3
Taiwan
DKK 93889
8.9%
4
South Korea
DKK 89859
12.8%
5
Pakistan
DKK 89662
13.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 87769
14.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 87634
14.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 87408
15.1%
9
Philippines
DKK 83879
18.6%
10
Japan
DKK 83507
18.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 82429
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 81689
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 79231
23.1%
14
India
DKK 74723
27.5%
15
China
DKK 72890
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 93863
8.9%
1
Guatemala
DKK 93124
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 92573
10.1%
3
Colombia
DKK 92298
10.4%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 92185
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 89485
13.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 84220
18.2%
7
Chile
DKK 84206
18.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 81351
21.0%
9
Peru
DKK 80077
22.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 78770
23.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 66901
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 88802
13.8%
1
Mozambique
DKK 78023
24.3%
2
Morocco
DKK 77091
25.2%
3
Angola
DKK 76146
26.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 75649
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 75379
26.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 74842
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 71461
30.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 70931
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 69009
33.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 68492
33.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 65390
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 97850
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 97850
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 94760
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 94760
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 92700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 91670
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 89456
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 79185
23.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 78575
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 57498
44.2%
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.