Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
68,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,619 kr
Communal tax
- 12,901 kr
Church tax
- 387 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 22,043 kr
Net pay
* 46,457 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
46,457 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
22,043 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
35,965 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 68,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.25 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 43.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 68,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 22,043 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46,457 kr per year, or 3,871 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 31.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.51 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 3,426 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 68500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 68500
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 65765
4.0%
3
Spain
DKK 64150
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 63651
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 62923
8.1%
6
France
DKK 61855
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 60696
11.4%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 59757
12.8%
9
Russia
DKK 59595
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 58241
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 55827
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 55143
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 55023
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 53640
21.7%
15
Greece
DKK 53533
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 52469
23.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 49719
27.4%
18
Finland
DKK 47436
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 46580
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 45661
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 43103
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 40073
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 62028
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 52551
23.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 68500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 68500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 64555
5.8%
3
Pakistan
DKK 62671
8.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 62437
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 60359
11.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 60316
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 59651
12.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 59099
13.7%
9
Philippines
DKK 58431
14.7%
10
Japan
DKK 55662
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 54841
19.9%
12
Vietnam
DKK 54504
20.4%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 54252
20.8%
14
India
DKK 53601
21.8%
15
China
DKK 48827
28.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 63070
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 63020
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 62027
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 61932
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 61308
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 60965
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 58047
15.3%
7
Brazil
DKK 56823
17.1%
8
Peru
DKK 56545
17.5%
9
Chile
DKK 56444
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 54732
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 44476
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 61867
9.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 54836
20.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 53183
22.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 52149
23.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 51499
24.8%
5
Cameroon
DKK 51217
25.2%
6
Angola
DKK 50995
25.6%
7
Ghana
DKK 50390
26.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 47464
30.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 46584
32.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 46372
32.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 44529
35.0%
12
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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.