Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
84,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,343 kr
Communal tax
- 16,939 kr
Church tax
- 709 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,127 kr
Net pay
* 55,873 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
55,873 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,127 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,049 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 84,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 42.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 84,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,127 kr. That means that your net pay will be 55,873 kr per year, or 4,656 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 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 84000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 84000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 78666
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 78097
7.0%
4
France
DKK 75729
9.9%
5
Norway
DKK 75439
10.2%
6
Italy
DKK 75200
10.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 74145
11.7%
8
Russia
DKK 73080
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 71419
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 71227
15.2%
11
Hungary
DKK 68460
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 67620
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 67473
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 65569
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 65243
22.3%
16
Poland
DKK 62367
25.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 59731
28.9%
18
Finland
DKK 58170
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 57120
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 56089
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 52860
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 49140
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 75643
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64041
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 83798
0.2%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 79800
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 78505
6.5%
3
Taiwan
DKK 76565
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75008
10.7%
5
South Korea
DKK 73700
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 72632
13.5%
7
New Zealand
DKK 72223
14.0%
8
Indonesia
DKK 71878
14.4%
9
Philippines
DKK 70056
16.6%
10
Japan
DKK 68257
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 67242
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 66528
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 65627
21.9%
14
India
DKK 63873
24.0%
15
China
DKK 59638
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 77384
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 76257
9.2%
2
Ecuador
DKK 75999
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 75946
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 75180
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 74760
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 69806
16.9%
7
Chile
DKK 69176
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 67116
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 66836
20.4%
10
Peru
DKK 65779
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 54551
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 74442
11.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 64835
22.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 64343
23.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 62827
25.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 62349
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 62313
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 61376
26.9%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60254
28.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58007
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 56659
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 56378
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 53705
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 79800
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 79800
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 77280
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 77280
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 75600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 74760
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 72954
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 64935
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 64325
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 47612
43.3%
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.