Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
101,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,290 kr
Communal tax
- 20,365 kr
Church tax
- 543 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 33,333 kr
Net pay
* 68,167 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
32.8%
67.2%
Net pay
32.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
68,167 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
33,333 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
47,255 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 101,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 101,500 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 33,333 kr. That means that your net pay will be 68,167 kr per year, or 5,681 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.8% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.42 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.58 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,379 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 101500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 101046
0.5%
2
Spain
DKK 95055
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 94407
7.0%
4
France
DKK 89997
11.3%
5
Norway
DKK 89459
11.9%
6
Russia
DKK 88305
13.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 88060
13.2%
8
Austria
DKK 86298
15.0%
9
Italy
DKK 85852
15.4%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 84177
17.1%
11
Hungary
DKK 82722
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 81708
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 81530
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 77687
23.5%
15
Sweden
DKK 77054
24.1%
16
Poland
DKK 73541
27.6%
17
Portugal
DKK 70319
30.7%
18
Finland
DKK 69549
31.5%
19
Belgium
DKK 68931
32.1%
20
Denmark
DKK 67863
33.1%
21
Netherlands
DKK 63870
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 59377
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 89955
11.4%
1
Canada
DKK 76957
24.2%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.