Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
108,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 12,068 kr
Communal tax
- 20,541 kr
Church tax
- 762 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 34,507 kr
Net pay
* 73,993 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
31.8%
68.2%
Net pay
31.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
73,993 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
34,507 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
48,428 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 108,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.8% tax rate now rises to 39.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 108,500 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 34,507 kr. That means that your net pay will be 73,993 kr per year, or 6,166 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.8% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.38 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.62 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,431 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 95402
12.1%
1
Canada
DKK 81726
24.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 103177
4.9%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 103063
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 100096
7.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 98906
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 94493
12.9%
5
Pakistan
DKK 93787
13.6%
6
New Zealand
DKK 92095
15.1%
7
Malaysia
DKK 91964
15.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 91734
15.5%
9
Japan
DKK 87860
19.0%
10
Philippines
DKK 87844
19.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 86752
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 86103
20.6%
13
Vietnam
DKK 83169
23.4%
14
India
DKK 77847
28.3%
15
China
DKK 76727
29.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 98557
9.2%
1
Guatemala
DKK 98096
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 97293
10.3%
3
Costa Rica
DKK 97108
10.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 96518
11.0%
5
Panama
DKK 93646
13.7%
6
Chile
DKK 88556
18.4%
7
Mexico
DKK 88387
18.5%
8
Uruguay
DKK 85307
21.4%
9
Peru
DKK 84215
22.4%
10
Brazil
DKK 82596
23.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 70476
35.0%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 92872
14.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 81983
24.4%
2
Morocco
DKK 80639
25.7%
3
Angola
DKK 80147
26.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 79499
26.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 79000
27.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 78665
27.5%
7
Cameroon
DKK 74772
31.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 74672
31.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 72584
33.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 71957
33.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 68773
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 103075
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 103075
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 99820
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 99820
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 97650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 96565
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 94232
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 83310
23.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 82700
23.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 60976
43.8%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Billund 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.