Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,454 kr
Communal tax
- 17,149 kr
Church tax
- 538 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,278 kr
Net pay
* 56,722 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 85,000 kr a year living in the region of Esbjerg, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,278 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,722 kr per year, or 4,727 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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 76518
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64783
23.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 78281
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 77111
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 76891
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 76850
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 76075
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75574
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70564
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 69967
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 67915
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67459
20.6%
10
Peru
DKK 66532
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 55201
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 75258
11.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 65480
23.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 65063
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63516
25.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 63049
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 63041
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 62084
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60837
28.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58687
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57309
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 57028
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54320
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80750
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 78200
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 78200
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75650
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73822
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65685
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 65075
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 48115
43.4%
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.