Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
9,100,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,012,175 kr
Communal tax
- 2,041,618 kr
Church tax
- 61,615 kr
Top bracket tax
- 1,172,925 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,289,468 kr
Net pay
* 4,810,532 kr
Marginal tax rate
48.2%
Average tax rate
47.1%
52.9%
Net pay
47.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,810,532 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,289,468 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
4,303,390 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 9,100,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 47.1% tax rate now rises to 47.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 9,100,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,289,468 kr. That means that your net pay will be 4,810,532 kr per year, or 400,878 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 47.1% and your marginal tax rate is 48.2%. 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 48.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 51.84 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 518 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 2,592 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Russia
DKK 7917000
13.0%
1
Hungary
DKK 7416500
18.5%
2
Ukraine
DKK 7325500
19.5%
3
Czech Republic
DKK 6999594
23.1%
4
Romania
DKK 5323500
41.5%
5
Poland
DKK 5256795
42.2%
6
Greece
DKK 5110413
43.8%
7
Switzerland
DKK 5005879
45.0%
8
Norway
DKK 4885656
46.3%
9
United Kingdom
DKK 4865310
46.5%
10
Spain
DKK 4837593
46.8%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 4821287
47.0%
12
Denmark
DKK 4751603
47.8%
13
Austria
DKK 4722089
48.1%
14
Netherlands
DKK 4659837
48.8%
15
Sweden
DKK 4617784
49.3%
16
Germany
DKK 4506542
50.5%
17
Ireland
DKK 4471852
50.9%
18
Italy
DKK 4248179
53.3%
19
France
DKK 4052738
55.5%
20
Finland
DKK 3457960
62.0%
21
Belgium
DKK 3439673
62.2%
22
Portugal
DKK 3338660
63.3%
23
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Kazakhstan
DKK 8142326
10.5%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 7576008
16.8%
2
Singapore
DKK 7158053
21.3%
3
Indonesia
DKK 6177651
32.1%
4
Thailand
DKK 6011651
33.9%
5
Pakistan
DKK 5946334
34.7%
6
Vietnam
DKK 5926503
34.9%
7
Philippines
DKK 5698910
37.4%
8
Taiwan
DKK 5636669
38.1%
9
New Zealand
DKK 5625657
38.2%
10
Malaysia
DKK 5505184
39.5%
11
China
DKK 5204149
42.8%
12
Japan
DKK 5089508
44.1%
13
South Korea
DKK 4959651
45.5%
14
Australia
DKK 4957719
45.5%
15
India
DKK 2576762
71.7%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Angola
DKK 6621463
27.2%
1
Kenya
DKK 6373549
30.0%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 6200811
31.9%
3
Nigeria
DKK 6190690
32.0%
4
Ghana
DKK 6026636
33.8%
5
Mozambique
DKK 5930488
34.8%
6
Zambia
DKK 5598545
38.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 5549166
39.0%
8
Morocco
DKK 5530317
39.2%
9
Senegal
DKK 5468011
39.9%
10
South Africa
DKK 5074683
44.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 5030022
44.7%
12
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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.