Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
96,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,734 kr
Communal tax
- 18,592 kr
Church tax
- 561 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 31,023 kr
Net pay
* 65,477 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
65,477 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
31,023 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
44,944 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 96,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 40.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 96,500 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 31,023 kr. That means that your net pay will be 65,477 kr per year, or 5,456 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 86063
10.8%
1
Canada
DKK 73308
24.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 93882
2.7%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 91675
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 89681
7.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 87959
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 84787
12.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 84383
12.6%
6
Malaysia
DKK 82731
14.3%
7
New Zealand
DKK 82362
14.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 82185
14.8%
9
Philippines
DKK 79192
17.9%
10
Japan
DKK 78362
18.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 77217
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 76471
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 74577
22.7%
14
India
DKK 71031
26.4%
15
China
DKK 68357
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 88315
8.5%
1
Guatemala
DKK 87247
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 86981
9.9%
3
Colombia
DKK 86926
9.9%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 86368
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 84568
12.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 79289
17.8%
7
Chile
DKK 79064
18.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 76677
20.5%
9
Peru
DKK 75185
22.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 74630
22.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 62676
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 91675
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 91675
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 88780
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 88780
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 86850
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 85885
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 83810
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 74310
23.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 73700
23.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 53387
44.7%
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.