Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
61,880 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,883 kr
Communal tax
- 11,686 kr
Church tax
- 353 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,058 kr
Net pay
* 41,822 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
41,822 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,058 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,979 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 61,880 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.49 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 44.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 61,880 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,058 kr. That means that your net pay will be 41,822 kr per year, or 3,485 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 61880
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 61880
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 57951
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 57481
7.1%
4
Italy
DKK 57371
7.3%
5
Norway
DKK 56930
8.0%
6
France
DKK 55878
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 54901
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 54778
11.5%
9
Russia
DKK 53836
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 52612
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 50432
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 49813
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 49705
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 48662
21.4%
15
Greece
DKK 48360
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 48242
22.0%
17
Portugal
DKK 45350
26.7%
18
Finland
DKK 42852
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 42078
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 41207
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 38937
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 36200
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 56213
9.2%
1
Canada
DKK 47644
23.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 61880
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 61880
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 58552
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 57359
7.3%
4
Taiwan
DKK 56403
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 54612
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 54534
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 54281
12.3%
8
Indonesia
DKK 53640
13.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 53466
13.6%
10
Japan
DKK 50283
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 49567
19.9%
12
Singapore
DKK 49508
20.0%
13
India
DKK 49152
20.6%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 49009
20.8%
15
China
DKK 44209
28.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 56961
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 56930
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 56032
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 55947
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 55383
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 55073
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 54145
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 53024
14.3%
8
Brazil
DKK 52360
15.4%
9
Chile
DKK 50989
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 49442
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 40173
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 56505
8.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 50545
18.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 48416
21.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 47588
23.1%
4
Cameroon
DKK 47324
23.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 46921
24.2%
6
Angola
DKK 46147
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 45698
26.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 42961
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 42281
31.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 42069
32.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 40789
34.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 58786
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 58786
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 56930
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 56930
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 55692
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 55073
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 53743
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 48345
21.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 47735
22.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 36499
41.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.