Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,898 kr
Communal tax
- 15,975 kr
Church tax
- 499 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,508 kr
Net pay
* 53,492 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
53,492 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,508 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,430 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 80,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 43.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 80,000 kr a year living in the region of Albertslund, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,508 kr. That means that your net pay will be 53,492 kr per year, or 4,458 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 32.60 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.40 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 3,370 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 73690
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 72944
8.8%
2
Ecuador
DKK 72432
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 72329
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 71600
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 71200
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 66771
16.5%
7
Chile
DKK 65917
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 64342
19.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 63920
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 62769
21.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 51951
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 71182
11.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 62254
22.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 61463
23.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 60073
24.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 59549
25.6%
5
Angola
DKK 59398
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 58541
26.8%
7
Cameroon
DKK 57922
27.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 55286
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 54059
32.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 53814
32.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 51245
35.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 76000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 76000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 73600
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 73600
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 72000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 71200
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 69480
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 61935
22.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 61325
23.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 45603
43.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Albertslund 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.