Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72,956 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,115 kr
Communal tax
- 13,601 kr
Church tax
- 504 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,356 kr
Net pay
* 49,600 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
49,600 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,356 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,278 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 72,956 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.11 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 42.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 72,956 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,356 kr. That means that your net pay will be 49,600 kr per year, or 4,133 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,432 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 72956
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 72956
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 68478
6.1%
3
Spain
DKK 68323
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 67804
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 66590
8.7%
6
France
DKK 65879
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 64598
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 63472
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 63054
13.6%
10
Austria
DKK 62029
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 59459
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 58730
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 58602
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 57016
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 56993
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 55315
24.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 52660
27.8%
18
Finland
DKK 50522
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 49610
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 48659
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 45910
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 42679
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 65943
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 55855
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 72956
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 72956
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 68565
6.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 66499
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 66236
9.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 64201
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 64165
12.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 63265
13.3%
8
Indonesia
DKK 62773
14.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 61773
15.3%
10
Japan
DKK 59283
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 58388
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 57781
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 57719
20.9%
14
India
DKK 56595
22.4%
15
China
DKK 51935
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 67185
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 67120
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 66062
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 65961
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 65296
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 64931
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 61427
15.8%
7
Chile
DKK 60116
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 59793
18.0%
9
Uruguay
DKK 58292
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 57468
21.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 47373
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 65477
10.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 57710
20.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 56391
22.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 55219
24.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 54618
25.1%
5
Angola
DKK 54258
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 53815
26.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 53548
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 50495
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 49480
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 49268
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 47050
35.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 69308
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 69308
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 67120
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 67120
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 65660
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 64931
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 63362
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 56652
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 56042
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42064
42.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Billund 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.