Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
78,780 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,763 kr
Communal tax
- 15,844 kr
Church tax
- 663 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,405 kr
Net pay
* 52,375 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
52,375 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,405 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,327 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 78,780 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 43.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 78,780 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,405 kr. That means that your net pay will be 52,375 kr per year, or 4,365 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% 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 33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67 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 3,350 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 71058
9.8%
1
Canada
DKK 60172
23.6%
2
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.