Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
98,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,900 kr
Communal tax
- 19,338 kr
Church tax
- 732 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 32,106 kr
Net pay
* 65,894 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
65,894 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
32,106 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
46,028 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 98,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 41.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 98,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 32,106 kr. That means that your net pay will be 65,894 kr per year, or 5,491 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 87231
11.0%
1
Canada
DKK 74420
24.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 89595
8.6%
1
Guatemala
DKK 88603
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 88271
9.9%
3
Colombia
DKK 88207
10.0%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 87710
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 85703
12.6%
6
Mexico
DKK 80427
17.9%
7
Chile
DKK 80250
18.1%
8
Uruguay
DKK 77756
20.7%
9
Peru
DKK 76314
22.1%
10
Brazil
DKK 75565
22.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 63651
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 85102
13.2%
1
Mozambique
DKK 74423
24.1%
2
Morocco
DKK 73866
24.6%
3
Angola
DKK 72508
26.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 72149
26.4%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 72088
26.4%
6
Ghana
DKK 71298
27.3%
7
Cameroon
DKK 68450
30.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 67530
31.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 65759
32.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 65342
33.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 62315
36.4%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.