Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
62,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,896 kr
Communal tax
- 12,322 kr
Church tax
- 516 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,869 kr
Net pay
* 41,131 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
41,131 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,869 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,791 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 62,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 45.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 62,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,869 kr. That means that your net pay will be 41,131 kr per year, or 3,428 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 56319
9.2%
1
Canada
DKK 47733
23.0%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 57071
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 57040
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 56141
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 56055
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 55490
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 55180
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 54250
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 53115
14.3%
8
Brazil
DKK 52444
15.4%
9
Chile
DKK 51088
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 49538
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 40251
35.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.