Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
94,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,511 kr
Communal tax
- 19,143 kr
Church tax
- 601 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 31,391 kr
Net pay
* 63,109 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
63,109 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
31,391 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
45,312 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 94,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 41.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 94,500 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 31,391 kr. That means that your net pay will be 63,109 kr per year, or 5,259 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.23 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 84506
10.6%
1
Canada
DKK 71825
24.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 86608
8.4%
1
Guatemala
DKK 85439
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 85261
9.8%
3
Colombia
DKK 85219
9.8%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 84578
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 83055
12.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 77772
17.7%
7
Chile
DKK 77482
18.0%
8
Uruguay
DKK 75239
20.4%
9
Peru
DKK 73680
22.0%
10
Brazil
DKK 73383
22.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 61376
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 82512
12.7%
1
Mozambique
DKK 71903
23.9%
2
Morocco
DKK 71608
24.2%
3
Angola
DKK 69962
26.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 69784
26.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 69699
26.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 68817
27.2%
7
Cameroon
DKK 66376
29.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 65149
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 63484
32.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 63137
33.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 60163
36.3%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.