Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
97,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,845 kr
Communal tax
- 18,163 kr
Church tax
- 575 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 30,719 kr
Net pay
* 66,781 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
66,781 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
30,719 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
44,640 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 97,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.58 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 40.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 97,500 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 30,719 kr. That means that your net pay will be 66,781 kr per year, or 5,565 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 86842
10.9%
1
Canada
DKK 74049
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 94657
2.9%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 92625
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 90549
7.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 88872
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 85537
12.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 85226
12.6%
6
Malaysia
DKK 83519
14.3%
7
New Zealand
DKK 83173
14.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 83009
14.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 79913
18.0%
10
Japan
DKK 79154
18.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 78025
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 77274
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 75293
22.8%
14
India
DKK 71599
26.6%
15
China
DKK 69054
29.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 89169
8.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 88151
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 87841
9.9%
3
Colombia
DKK 87780
10.0%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 87262
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 85325
12.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 80048
17.9%
7
Chile
DKK 79855
18.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 77396
20.6%
9
Peru
DKK 75938
22.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 75253
22.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 63326
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 84732
13.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 74063
24.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 73543
24.6%
3
Angola
DKK 72145
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 71799
26.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 71759
26.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 70944
27.2%
7
Cameroon
DKK 68149
30.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 67190
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 65434
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 65027
33.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 62008
36.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 92625
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 92625
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 89700
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 89700
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 87750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 86775
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 84679
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 75060
23.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 74450
23.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 54020
44.6%
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.