Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
98,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,956 kr
Communal tax
- 18,588 kr
Church tax
- 310 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 30,990 kr
Net pay
* 67,510 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
67,510 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
30,990 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
44,912 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 98,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.56 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
39.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 39.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 98,500 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 30,990 kr. That means that your net pay will be 67,510 kr per year, or 5,626 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 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 3,452 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 98500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 98346
0.2%
2
Spain
DKK 92245
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 91611
7.0%
4
France
DKK 87585
11.1%
5
Norway
DKK 87056
11.6%
6
Luxembourg
DKK 85719
13.0%
7
Russia
DKK 85695
13.0%
8
Italy
DKK 84026
14.7%
9
Austria
DKK 83748
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 81957
16.8%
11
Hungary
DKK 80277
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 79292
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 79120
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 75678
23.2%
15
Sweden
DKK 75042
23.8%
16
Poland
DKK 71626
27.3%
17
Portugal
DKK 68504
30.5%
18
Finland
DKK 67960
31.0%
19
Belgium
DKK 66950
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 65845
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 61980
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 57623
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 87620
11.1%
1
Canada
DKK 74790
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 95431
3.1%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 93575
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 91417
7.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 89784
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 86287
12.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 86068
12.6%
6
Malaysia
DKK 84307
14.4%
7
New Zealand
DKK 83984
14.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 83834
14.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 80634
18.1%
10
Japan
DKK 79945
18.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 78833
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 78077
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 76009
22.8%
14
India
DKK 72167
26.7%
15
China
DKK 69752
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 90022
8.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 89055
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 88702
10.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 88633
10.0%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 88157
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 86081
12.6%
6
Mexico
DKK 80806
18.0%
7
Chile
DKK 80646
18.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 78116
20.7%
9
Peru
DKK 76690
22.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 75877
23.0%
11
Argentina
DKK 63976
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 85472
13.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 74783
24.1%
2
Morocco
DKK 74189
24.7%
3
Angola
DKK 72872
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 72499
26.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 72417
26.5%
6
Ghana
DKK 71652
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 68751
30.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 67870
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 66084
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 65657
33.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 62623
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 93575
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 93575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 90620
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 90620
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 88650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 87665
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 85547
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 75810
23.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 75200
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 54652
44.5%
10
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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.