Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,100 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,134 kr
Communal tax
- 18,901 kr
Church tax
- 315 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 31,486 kr
Net pay
* 68,614 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.5%
68.5%
Net pay
31.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
68,614 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
31,486 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
45,407 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 100,100 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.54 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 39.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 100,100 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 31,486 kr. That means that your net pay will be 68,614 kr per year, or 5,718 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.5% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.02 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,451 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 88865
11.2%
1
Canada
DKK 75976
24.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 86656
13.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 75935
24.1%
2
Morocco
DKK 75221
24.9%
3
Angola
DKK 74036
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 73619
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 73470
26.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 72786
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 69715
30.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 68958
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 67124
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 66665
33.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 63607
36.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.