Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,496 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,286 kr
Communal tax
- 13,670 kr
Church tax
- 463 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,555 kr
Net pay
* 50,941 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
50,941 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,555 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,477 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 74,496 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 74,496 kr a year living in the region of Glostrup, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,555 kr. That means that your net pay will be 50,941 kr per year, or 4,245 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 74496
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 74496
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 69765
6.4%
3
Italy
DKK 69415
6.8%
4
Switzerland
DKK 69239
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 67824
9.0%
6
France
DKK 67270
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 65946
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 64812
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 64194
13.8%
10
Austria
DKK 63339
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 60714
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 59969
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 59839
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 58219
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 58150
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 56298
24.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 53676
28.0%
18
Finland
DKK 51588
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 50657
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 49695
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 46880
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 43580
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 67295
9.7%
1
Canada
DKK 56996
23.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 74496
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 74496
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 69951
6.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 67902
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 67468
9.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 65541
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 65461
12.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 64514
13.4%
8
Indonesia
DKK 64042
14.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 62928
15.5%
10
Japan
DKK 60534
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 59614
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 59001
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 58822
21.0%
14
India
DKK 57630
22.6%
15
China
DKK 53009
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 68608
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 68536
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 67456
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 67353
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 66674
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 66301
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 62596
16.0%
7
Chile
DKK 61385
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 60817
18.4%
9
Uruguay
DKK 59522
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 58627
21.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 48374
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 66724
10.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 58704
21.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 57500
22.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 56280
24.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 55696
25.2%
5
Angola
DKK 55386
25.7%
6
Cameroon
DKK 54713
26.6%
7
Ghana
DKK 54640
26.7%
8
Nigeria
DKK 51543
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 50481
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 50269
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 47924
35.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 70771
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 70771
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 68536
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 68536
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 67046
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 66301
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 64700
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 57807
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 57197
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42837
42.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Glostrup 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.