Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
73,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,120 kr
Communal tax
- 14,630 kr
Church tax
- 459 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,345 kr
Net pay
* 48,655 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
48,655 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,345 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,267 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 73,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 44.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 73,000 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,345 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,655 kr per year, or 4,055 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 65981
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 55887
23.4%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 69350
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 69350
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 67160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 67160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 65700
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 64970
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 63400
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 56685
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 56075
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42086
42.4%
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.