Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,510 kr
Communal tax
- 17,254 kr
Church tax
- 722 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,622 kr
Net pay
* 56,878 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
56,878 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,622 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,544 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 85,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.98 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,622 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,878 kr per year, or 4,740 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 85500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 85500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 80071
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 79495
7.0%
4
France
DKK 76989
10.0%
5
Norway
DKK 76640
10.4%
6
Italy
DKK 76113
11.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 75366
11.9%
8
Russia
DKK 74385
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 72695
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 72337
15.4%
11
Hungary
DKK 69683
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 68827
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 68678
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 66682
22.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 66276
22.5%
16
Poland
DKK 63325
25.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 60639
29.1%
18
Finland
DKK 59209
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 58140
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 57099
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 53805
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 50018
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76955
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 65153
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 85070
0.5%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 81225
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79855
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77932
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 76189
10.9%
5
South Korea
DKK 74985
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73855
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 73439
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 73115
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 71181
16.8%
10
Japan
DKK 69476
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 68436
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67716
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66701
22.0%
14
India
DKK 64783
24.2%
15
China
DKK 60684
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 78725
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 77537
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 77337
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 77302
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 76523
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75977
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70944
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 70362
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 68314
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67771
20.7%
10
Peru
DKK 66908
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 55526
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 75666
11.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 65802
23.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 65423
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63860
25.3%
4
Angola
DKK 63405
25.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 63399
25.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 62439
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 61128
28.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 59028
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57634
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 57353
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54628
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 81225
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 81225
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 78660
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 78660
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 76095
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 74257
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 66060
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 65450
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 48366
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.