Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
105,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,735 kr
Communal tax
- 21,867 kr
Church tax
- 1,023 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 35,761 kr
Net pay
* 69,739 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
69,739 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
35,761 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
49,682 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 105,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 41.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 105,500 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 35,761 kr. That means that your net pay will be 69,739 kr per year, or 5,812 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.52 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.48 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,324 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 93069
11.8%
1
Canada
DKK 79682
24.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 100854
4.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 100225
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 97492
7.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 96169
8.8%
4
South Korea
DKK 91965
12.8%
5
Pakistan
DKK 91537
13.2%
6
Malaysia
DKK 89676
15.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 89661
15.0%
8
Indonesia
DKK 89374
15.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 85681
18.8%
10
Japan
DKK 85486
19.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 84409
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 83695
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 81021
23.2%
14
India
DKK 76143
27.8%
15
China
DKK 74634
29.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 90652
14.1%
1
Mozambique
DKK 79823
24.3%
2
Morocco
DKK 78704
25.4%
3
Angola
DKK 77965
26.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 77399
26.6%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 77025
27.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 76614
27.4%
7
Cameroon
DKK 72966
30.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 72632
31.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 70634
33.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 70067
33.6%
11
Zambia
DKK 66928
36.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 100225
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 100225
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 97060
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 97060
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 94950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 93895
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 91627
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 81060
23.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 80450
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 59079
44.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.