Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
66,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,397 kr
Communal tax
- 12,505 kr
Church tax
- 375 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 21,413 kr
Net pay
* 45,087 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
45,087 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
21,413 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
35,335 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 66,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 43.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 66,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 21,413 kr. That means that your net pay will be 45,087 kr per year, or 3,757 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,425 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 66500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 66500
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 64027
3.7%
3
Spain
DKK 62277
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 61787
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 61143
8.1%
6
France
DKK 60049
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 58945
11.4%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 58277
12.4%
9
Russia
DKK 57855
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 56540
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 54198
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 53532
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 53416
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 52133
21.6%
15
Greece
DKK 51970
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 51192
23.0%
17
Portugal
DKK 48399
27.2%
18
Finland
DKK 46051
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 45220
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 44316
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 41843
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 38902
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 60272
9.4%
1
Canada
DKK 51069
23.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 66500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 66500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 62755
5.6%
3
Pakistan
DKK 61071
8.2%
4
Taiwan
DKK 60614
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 58648
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 58569
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 58028
12.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 57450
13.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 56931
14.4%
10
Japan
DKK 54037
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 53228
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 53041
20.2%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 52668
20.8%
14
India
DKK 52257
21.4%
15
China
DKK 47432
28.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 61223
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 61180
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 60216
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 60124
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 59518
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 59185
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 57406
13.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 56529
15.0%
8
Brazil
DKK 55490
16.6%
9
Chile
DKK 54796
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 53134
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 43176
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 60247
9.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 53546
19.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 51743
22.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 50771
23.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 50112
24.6%
5
Cameroon
DKK 50051
24.7%
6
Angola
DKK 49530
25.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 48972
26.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 46104
30.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 45284
31.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 45072
32.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 43399
34.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 63175
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 63175
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 61180
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 61180
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 59850
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 59185
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 57755
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 51810
22.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 51200
23.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 38820
41.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.