Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
80,404 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,943 kr
Communal tax
- 15,055 kr
Church tax
- 251 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 25,385 kr
Net pay
* 55,019 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.6%
68.4%
Net pay
31.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
55,019 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
25,385 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
39,307 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 80,404 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.89 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 41.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 80,404 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 25,385 kr. That means that your net pay will be 55,019 kr per year, or 4,585 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.6% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 72485
9.9%
1
Canada
DKK 61376
23.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 80404
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 76384
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 75268
6.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 73287
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 72177
10.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 70619
12.2%
6
Malaysia
DKK 69724
13.3%
7
New Zealand
DKK 69306
13.8%
8
Indonesia
DKK 68913
14.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 67359
16.2%
10
Japan
DKK 65335
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 64337
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 63680
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 63052
21.6%
14
India
DKK 61600
23.4%
15
China
DKK 57130
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 74064
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 73235
8.9%
2
Ecuador
DKK 72792
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 72694
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 71962
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 71560
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 67078
16.6%
7
Chile
DKK 66248
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 64594
19.7%
9
Uruguay
DKK 64243
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 63073
21.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 52214
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 71510
11.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 62515
22.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 61753
23.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 60351
24.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 59831
25.6%
5
Angola
DKK 59692
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 58827
26.8%
7
Cameroon
DKK 58157
27.7%
8
Nigeria
DKK 55561
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 54322
32.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 54071
32.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 51494
36.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.