Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,787 kr
Communal tax
- 15,101 kr
Church tax
- 456 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 25,480 kr
Net pay
* 53,520 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
53,520 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
25,480 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
39,402 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 79,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.99 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.3% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 79,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 25,480 kr. That means that your net pay will be 53,520 kr per year, or 4,460 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 31.67 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 79000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 79000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 73983
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 73437
7.0%
4
Italy
DKK 72157
8.7%
5
Norway
DKK 71432
9.6%
6
France
DKK 71337
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 69889
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 68730
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 67527
14.5%
10
Austria
DKK 67168
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 64385
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 63595
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 63457
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 61739
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 61536
22.1%
16
Poland
DKK 59174
25.1%
17
Portugal
DKK 56584
28.4%
18
Finland
DKK 54708
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 53720
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 52725
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 49713
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 46215
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 71252
9.8%
1
Canada
DKK 60335
23.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 72767
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 72224
8.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 71534
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 71425
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 70705
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 70310
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 66013
16.4%
7
Chile
DKK 65096
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 63713
19.4%
9
Uruguay
DKK 63121
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 62017
21.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 51301
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 70372
10.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 61609
22.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 60743
23.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 59384
24.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 58849
25.5%
5
Angola
DKK 58669
25.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 57832
26.8%
7
Cameroon
DKK 57339
27.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 54606
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 53409
32.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 53178
32.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 50630
35.9%
12
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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.