Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,517 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,288 kr
Communal tax
- 14,949 kr
Church tax
- 626 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,999 kr
Net pay
* 49,518 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
49,518 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,999 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,920 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 74,517 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.22 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 44.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 74,517 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,999 kr. That means that your net pay will be 49,518 kr per year, or 4,127 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 67314
9.7%
1
Canada
DKK 57012
23.5%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 70791
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 70791
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 68556
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 68556
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 67065
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 66320
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 64718
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 57823
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 57213
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42848
42.5%
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.