Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
96,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,678 kr
Communal tax
- 17,874 kr
Church tax
- 566 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 30,253 kr
Net pay
* 65,747 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
65,747 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
30,253 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
44,175 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 96,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 40.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 96,000 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 30,253 kr. That means that your net pay will be 65,747 kr per year, or 5,479 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 85674
10.8%
1
Canada
DKK 72937
24.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 93495
2.6%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 91200
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 89247
7.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 87503
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 84412
12.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 83962
12.5%
6
Malaysia
DKK 82337
14.2%
7
New Zealand
DKK 81956
14.6%
8
Indonesia
DKK 81772
14.8%
9
Philippines
DKK 78831
17.9%
10
Japan
DKK 77966
18.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 76813
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 76070
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 74219
22.7%
14
India
DKK 70747
26.3%
15
China
DKK 68008
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 87888
8.5%
1
Guatemala
DKK 86795
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 86551
9.8%
3
Colombia
DKK 86500
9.9%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 85920
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 84190
12.3%
6
Mexico
DKK 78910
17.8%
7
Chile
DKK 78668
18.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 76318
20.5%
9
Peru
DKK 74809
22.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 74318
22.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 62351
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 83622
12.9%
1
Mozambique
DKK 72983
24.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 72576
24.4%
3
Angola
DKK 71053
26.0%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 70772
26.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 70749
26.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 69881
27.2%
7
Cameroon
DKK 67250
30.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 66170
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 64459
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 64082
33.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 61085
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 91200
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 91200
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 88320
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 88320
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 86400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 85440
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 83376
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 73935
23.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 73325
23.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 53071
44.7%
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.