Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,286 kr
Communal tax
- 14,887 kr
Church tax
- 440 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,750 kr
Net pay
* 49,750 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
49,750 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,750 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,671 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 74,500 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 74,500 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,750 kr. That means that your net pay will be 49,750 kr per year, or 4,146 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 74500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 74500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 69955
6.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 67906
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 67471
9.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 65544
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 65464
12.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 64517
13.4%
8
Indonesia
DKK 64046
14.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 62931
15.5%
10
Japan
DKK 60538
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 59617
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 59004
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 58825
21.0%
14
India
DKK 57633
22.6%
15
China
DKK 53012
28.8%
16
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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.