Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
68,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,619 kr
Communal tax
- 13,845 kr
Church tax
- 520 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,120 kr
Net pay
* 45,380 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
45,380 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,120 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,042 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 68,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.41 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 44.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 68,500 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,120 kr. That means that your net pay will be 45,380 kr per year, or 3,782 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,343 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 62028
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 52551
23.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 63070
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 63020
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 62027
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 61932
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 61308
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 60965
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 58047
15.3%
7
Brazil
DKK 56823
17.1%
8
Peru
DKK 56545
17.5%
9
Chile
DKK 56444
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 54732
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 44476
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 61867
9.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 54836
20.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 53183
22.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 52149
23.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 51499
24.8%
5
Cameroon
DKK 51217
25.2%
6
Angola
DKK 50995
25.6%
7
Ghana
DKK 50390
26.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 47464
30.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 46584
32.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 46372
32.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 44529
35.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens 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.