Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
98,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,956 kr
Communal tax
- 19,750 kr
Church tax
- 844 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 32,686 kr
Net pay
* 65,814 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
65,814 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
32,686 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
46,608 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 98,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 41.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 98,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 32,686 kr. That means that your net pay will be 65,814 kr per year, or 5,484 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 87620
11.1%
1
Canada
DKK 74790
24.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 95431
3.1%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 93575
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 91417
7.2%
3
Taiwan
DKK 89784
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 86287
12.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 86068
12.6%
6
Malaysia
DKK 84307
14.4%
7
New Zealand
DKK 83984
14.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 83834
14.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 80634
18.1%
10
Japan
DKK 79945
18.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 78833
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 78077
20.7%
13
Vietnam
DKK 76009
22.8%
14
India
DKK 72167
26.7%
15
China
DKK 69752
29.2%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.