Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,788 kr
Communal tax
- 15,645 kr
Church tax
- 604 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,172 kr
Net pay
* 52,836 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
52,836 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,172 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,094 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 79,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.07 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 43.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 79,008 kr a year living in the region of Aalborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,172 kr. That means that your net pay will be 52,836 kr per year, or 4,403 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.59 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.41 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,371 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 71259
9.8%
1
Canada
DKK 60341
23.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 72774
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 72230
8.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 71542
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 71432
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 70712
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 70317
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 66019
16.4%
7
Chile
DKK 65103
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 63718
19.4%
9
Uruguay
DKK 63127
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 62023
21.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 51306
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 75058
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 75058
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 72687
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 72687
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 71107
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 70317
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 68618
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 61191
22.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 60581
23.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 45104
42.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aalborg 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.