Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
84,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,399 kr
Communal tax
- 17,044 kr
Church tax
- 713 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,292 kr
Net pay
* 56,208 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
56,208 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,292 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,214 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 84,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5 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 84,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,292 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,208 kr per year, or 4,684 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 32.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.02 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76081
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64412
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84222
0.3%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80275
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 78955
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77021
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75402
10.8%
5
South Korea
DKK 74128
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73040
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 72628
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72291
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70431
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 68664
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 67640
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 66924
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 65985
21.9%
14
India
DKK 64188
24.0%
15
China
DKK 59987
29.0%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 74850
11.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 65157
22.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 64703
23.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63171
25.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 62699
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 62677
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 61730
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60545
28.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58347
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 56984
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 56703
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54013
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80275
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80275
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 77740
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 77740
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76050
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75205
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73388
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65310
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 64700
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 47863
43.4%
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.