Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
100,056 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,129 kr
Communal tax
- 18,656 kr
Church tax
- 590 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 31,511 kr
Net pay
* 68,545 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
68,545 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
31,511 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
45,433 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 100,056 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
39.9%
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 100,056 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 31,511 kr. That means that your net pay will be 68,545 kr per year, or 5,712 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 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 3,450 kr of net incomes.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 96637
3.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 95053
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 92767
7.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 91203
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 87454
12.6%
5
South Korea
DKK 87379
12.7%
6
Malaysia
DKK 85523
14.5%
7
New Zealand
DKK 85246
14.8%
8
Indonesia
DKK 85092
15.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 81756
18.3%
10
Japan
DKK 81177
18.9%
11
Singapore
DKK 80085
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 79326
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 77123
22.9%
14
India
DKK 73051
27.0%
15
China
DKK 70837
29.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 86623
13.4%
1
Mozambique
DKK 75903
24.1%
2
Morocco
DKK 75192
24.9%
3
Angola
DKK 74004
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 73588
26.5%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 73441
26.6%
6
Ghana
DKK 72755
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 69688
30.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 68929
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 67095
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 66637
33.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 63580
36.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 95053
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 95053
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 92051
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 92052
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 90050
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 89050
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 86899
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 76977
23.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 76367
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 55636
44.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.