Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,275 kr
Communal tax
- 14,866 kr
Church tax
- 440 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,717 kr
Net pay
* 49,683 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
49,683 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,717 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,639 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 74,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.19 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 43.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 74,400 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,717 kr. That means that your net pay will be 49,683 kr per year, or 4,140 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 67211
9.7%
1
Canada
DKK 56925
23.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 68519
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 68448
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 67369
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 67266
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 66588
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 66216
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 62523
16.0%
7
Chile
DKK 61306
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 60756
18.3%
9
Uruguay
DKK 59446
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 58555
21.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 48311
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 70680
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 70680
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 68448
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 68448
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 66960
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 66216
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 64616
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 57735
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 57125
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42789
42.5%
10
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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.