Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
73,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,175 kr
Communal tax
- 14,735 kr
Church tax
- 617 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,663 kr
Net pay
* 48,837 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
48,837 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,663 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,585 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 73,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.25 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 44.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 73,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,663 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,837 kr per year, or 4,070 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 73500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 73500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 68833
6.4%
3
Italy
DKK 68809
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 68311
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 67026
8.8%
6
France
DKK 66371
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 65074
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 63945
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 63457
13.7%
10
Austria
DKK 62492
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 59903
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 59168
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 59039
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 57441
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 57401
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 55662
24.3%
17
Portugal
DKK 53019
27.9%
18
Finland
DKK 50899
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 49980
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 49025
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 46253
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 42998
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 66420
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 56258
23.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 73500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 73500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 69055
6.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 66995
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 66671
9.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 64674
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 64629
12.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 63706
13.3%
8
Indonesia
DKK 63221
14.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 62181
15.4%
10
Japan
DKK 59725
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 58821
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 58212
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 58109
20.9%
14
India
DKK 56961
22.5%
15
China
DKK 52314
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 67688
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 67620
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 66554
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 66452
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 65783
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 65415
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 61840
15.9%
7
Chile
DKK 60564
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 60156
18.2%
9
Uruguay
DKK 58727
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 57878
21.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 47726
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 65917
10.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 58061
21.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 56783
22.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 55594
24.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 54999
25.2%
5
Angola
DKK 54657
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 54132
26.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 53934
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 50865
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 49834
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 49622
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 47359
35.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 69825
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 69825
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 67620
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 67620
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 66150
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 65415
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 63835
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 57060
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 56450
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42337
42.4%
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.