Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
73,116 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,133 kr
Communal tax
- 14,598 kr
Church tax
- 432 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,298 kr
Net pay
* 48,818 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
48,818 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,298 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,220 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 73,116 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 43.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 73,116 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,298 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,818 kr per year, or 4,068 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.35 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 3,368 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 66083
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 55973
23.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 67333
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 67267
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 66207
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 66105
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 65439
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 65073
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 61549
15.8%
7
Chile
DKK 60248
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 59900
18.1%
9
Uruguay
DKK 58420
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 57589
21.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 47477
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 65606
10.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 57814
20.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 56506
22.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 55330
24.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 54730
25.2%
5
Angola
DKK 54375
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 53908
26.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 53662
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 50604
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 49584
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 49372
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 47141
35.5%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Egedal 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.