Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
104,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 11,623 kr
Communal tax
- 20,987 kr
Church tax
- 560 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 34,306 kr
Net pay
* 70,194 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
70,194 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
34,306 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
48,227 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 104,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.8% tax rate now rises to 40.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 7.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 104,500 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 34,306 kr. That means that your net pay will be 70,194 kr per year, or 5,850 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 92290
11.7%
1
Canada
DKK 79001
24.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 95143
9.0%
1
Guatemala
DKK 94480
9.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 93863
10.2%
3
Costa Rica
DKK 93527
10.5%
4
Colombia
DKK 93449
10.6%
5
Panama
DKK 90620
13.3%
6
Chile
DKK 85392
18.3%
7
Mexico
DKK 85358
18.3%
8
Uruguay
DKK 82430
21.1%
9
Peru
DKK 81205
22.3%
10
Brazil
DKK 79780
23.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 67876
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 99275
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 99275
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 96140
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 96140
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 94050
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 93005
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 90758
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 80310
23.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 79700
23.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 58447
44.1%
10
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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.