Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,816 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,764 kr
Communal tax
- 12,073 kr
Church tax
- 379 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,352 kr
Net pay
* 40,464 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,464 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,352 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,274 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 60,816 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 60,816 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,352 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,464 kr per year, or 3,372 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.77 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.23 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 60816
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 60816
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 56954
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 56490
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 55963
8.0%
5
Italy
DKK 55838
8.2%
6
France
DKK 54917
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 53969
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 53957
11.3%
9
Russia
DKK 52910
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 51707
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 49565
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 48957
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48850
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 47862
21.3%
15
Greece
DKK 47528
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 47494
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44648
26.6%
18
Finland
DKK 42115
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 41355
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 40492
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 38268
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35577
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 55279
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46855
23.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 60816
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 60816
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 57563
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 56495
7.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 55433
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 53672
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 53605
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 53418
12.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 52763
13.2%
9
Philippines
DKK 52668
13.4%
10
Japan
DKK 49418
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48758
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 48661
20.0%
13
India
DKK 48437
20.4%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 48166
20.8%
15
China
DKK 43467
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 55981
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 55951
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 55069
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 54985
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 54430
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 54126
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 53214
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 52217
14.1%
8
Brazil
DKK 51616
15.1%
9
Chile
DKK 50112
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 48592
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 39482
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 55643
8.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 49846
18.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 47650
21.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 46855
23.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 46649
23.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 46186
24.1%
6
Angola
DKK 45367
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44944
26.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 42237
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 41589
31.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 41377
32.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 40188
33.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 57775
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 57775
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 55951
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 55951
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 54734
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 54126
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 52819
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 47547
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 46937
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35964
40.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Esbjerg 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.