Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,996 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,897 kr
Communal tax
- 14,375 kr
Church tax
- 540 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,947 kr
Net pay
* 47,049 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
47,049 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,947 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,869 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 70,996 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 44.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 70,996 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,947 kr. That means that your net pay will be 47,049 kr per year, or 3,921 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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 33.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.84 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 64221
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 54402
23.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 65375
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 65316
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 64287
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 64189
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 63541
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 63186
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 59940
15.6%
7
Chile
DKK 58501
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 58487
17.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 56726
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 55994
21.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 46099
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 63889
10.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 56446
20.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 54980
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 53869
24.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 53246
25.0%
5
Angola
DKK 52823
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 52672
25.8%
7
Ghana
DKK 52159
26.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 49162
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 48206
32.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 47994
32.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 45940
35.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 67446
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 67446
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 65316
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 65316
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 63896
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 63186
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 61660
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 55182
22.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 54572
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 41079
42.1%
10
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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.