Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
69,420 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,721 kr
Communal tax
- 13,879 kr
Church tax
- 581 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,317 kr
Net pay
* 46,103 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
46,103 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,317 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,239 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 69,420 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 44.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 69,420 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,317 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46,103 kr per year, or 3,842 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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 32.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.02 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 62837
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 53233
23.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 63920
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 63866
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 62860
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 62764
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 62131
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 61784
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 58745
15.4%
7
Brazil
DKK 57437
17.3%
8
Chile
DKK 57202
17.6%
9
Peru
DKK 56150
19.1%
10
Uruguay
DKK 55467
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 45074
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 65949
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 65949
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 63866
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 63866
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 62478
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 61784
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 60291
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 54000
22.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 53390
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 40287
42.0%
10
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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.