Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
75,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,398 kr
Communal tax
- 14,403 kr
Church tax
- 435 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,371 kr
Net pay
* 51,129 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.3%
67.7%
Net pay
32.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
51,129 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,371 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,293 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 75,500 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
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.3% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 75,500 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,371 kr. That means that your net pay will be 51,129 kr per year, or 4,261 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.3% 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 31.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.32 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 3,416 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 75500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 75500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 70706
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 70175
7.1%
4
Italy
DKK 70026
7.3%
5
Norway
DKK 68628
9.1%
6
France
DKK 68177
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 66825
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 65685
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 64937
14.0%
10
Austria
DKK 64192
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 61532
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 60777
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 60645
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 59004
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 58904
22.0%
16
Poland
DKK 56939
24.6%
17
Portugal
DKK 54325
28.1%
18
Finland
DKK 52284
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 51340
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 50371
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 47512
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 44167
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 68177
9.7%
1
Canada
DKK 57740
23.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 69535
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 69460
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 68365
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 68261
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 67572
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 67195
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 63357
16.1%
7
Chile
DKK 62212
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 61463
18.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 60324
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 59383
21.4%
11
Argentina
DKK 49026
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 71725
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 71725
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 69460
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 69460
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 67950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 67195
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 65572
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 58560
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 57950
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 43342
42.6%
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.