Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
71,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,897 kr
Communal tax
- 14,211 kr
Church tax
- 595 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,838 kr
Net pay
* 47,162 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
47,162 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,838 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,760 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 71,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.32 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 71,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,838 kr. That means that your net pay will be 47,162 kr per year, or 3,930 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 32.99 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 71000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 71000
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 67287
5.2%
3
Spain
DKK 66492
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 65981
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 65023
8.4%
6
France
DKK 64113
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 62885
11.4%
8
Russia
DKK 61770
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 61607
13.2%
10
Austria
DKK 60366
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 57865
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 57155
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 57031
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 55523
21.8%
15
Greece
DKK 55487
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 54066
23.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 51369
27.7%
18
Finland
DKK 49168
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 48280
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 47343
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 44678
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 41535
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 64224
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 54405
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 71000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 71000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 66805
5.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 64716
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 64671
8.9%
5
South Korea
DKK 62499
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 62495
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 61678
13.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 61160
13.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 60306
15.1%
10
Japan
DKK 57694
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 56831
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 56319
20.7%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 56232
20.8%
14
India
DKK 55281
22.1%
15
China
DKK 50570
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 65379
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 65320
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 64291
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 64192
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 63545
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 63190
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 59943
15.6%
7
Chile
DKK 58504
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 58490
17.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 56729
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 55997
21.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 46101
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.