Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
84,968 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,451 kr
Communal tax
- 17,009 kr
Church tax
- 532 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,128 kr
Net pay
* 56,840 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
56,840 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,128 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,049 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 84,968 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 42.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 84,968 kr a year living in the region of Albertslund, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,128 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,840 kr per year, or 4,737 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 84968
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 84968
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 79573
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 78999
7.0%
4
France
DKK 76542
9.9%
5
Norway
DKK 76214
10.3%
6
Italy
DKK 75789
10.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 74933
11.8%
8
Russia
DKK 73922
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 72242
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 71943
15.3%
11
Hungary
DKK 69249
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 68399
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 68251
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 66287
22.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 65909
22.4%
16
Poland
DKK 62985
25.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 60317
29.0%
18
Finland
DKK 58840
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 57778
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 56741
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 53470
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 49706
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76490
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64759
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84619
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80720
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79376
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77447
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75771
10.8%
5
South Korea
DKK 74529
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73422
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 73008
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72676
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70782
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 69044
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 68012
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67295
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66320
22.0%
14
India
DKK 64481
24.1%
15
China
DKK 60313
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 78253
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 77083
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 76863
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 76821
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 76046
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75549
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70540
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 69942
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 67889
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67439
20.6%
10
Peru
DKK 66507
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 55180
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 75232
11.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 65459
23.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 65039
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63494
25.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 63026
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 63018
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 62062
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60818
28.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58666
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57288
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 57008
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54300
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80720
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80720
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 78170
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 78171
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76471
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75621
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73795
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65661
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 65051
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 48099
43.4%
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.