Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,842 kr
Communal tax
- 14,106 kr
Church tax
- 590 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,674 kr
Net pay
* 46,826 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
46,826 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,674 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,595 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 70,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 44.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 70,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,674 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46,826 kr per year, or 3,902 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 63785
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 54034
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 70500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 70500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 66355
5.9%
3
Pakistan
DKK 64271
8.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 64260
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 62069
12.0%
6
South Korea
DKK 62062
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 61273
13.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 60748
13.8%
9
Philippines
DKK 59931
15.0%
10
Japan
DKK 57287
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 56433
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 55961
20.6%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 55836
20.8%
14
India
DKK 54945
22.1%
15
China
DKK 50222
28.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 63487
10.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 56126
20.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 54623
22.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 53527
24.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 52899
25.0%
5
Angola
DKK 52460
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 52383
25.7%
7
Ghana
DKK 51807
26.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 48825
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 47884
32.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 47672
32.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 45659
35.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 66975
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 66975
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 64860
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 64860
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 63450
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 62745
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 61229
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 54810
22.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 54200
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 40830
42.1%
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.