Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
71,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,953 kr
Communal tax
- 13,494 kr
Church tax
- 405 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 22,988 kr
Net pay
* 48,512 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
48,512 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
22,988 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
36,910 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 71,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.16 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 43.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 71,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 22,988 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,512 kr per year, or 4,043 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 71500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 71500
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 67591
5.5%
3
Spain
DKK 66960
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 66447
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 65424
8.5%
6
France
DKK 64565
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 63323
11.4%
8
Russia
DKK 62205
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 61977
13.3%
10
Austria
DKK 60791
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 58272
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 57557
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 57432
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 55899
21.8%
15
Greece
DKK 55878
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 54385
23.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 51699
27.7%
18
Finland
DKK 49514
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 48620
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 47680
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 44993
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 41828
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 64664
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 54775
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 71500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 71500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 67255
5.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 65172
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 65071
9.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 62934
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 62922
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 62084
13.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 61572
13.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 60681
15.1%
10
Japan
DKK 58100
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 57229
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 56677
20.7%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 56628
20.8%
14
India
DKK 55617
22.2%
15
China
DKK 50919
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 65841
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 65780
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 64743
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 64644
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 63993
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 63635
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 60323
15.6%
7
Chile
DKK 58916
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 58823
17.7%
9
Uruguay
DKK 57129
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 56373
21.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 46426
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 64297
10.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 56771
20.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 55343
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 54216
24.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 53599
25.0%
5
Angola
DKK 53192
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 52966
25.9%
7
Ghana
DKK 52516
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 49505
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 48534
32.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 48322
32.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 46225
35.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 67925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 67925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 65780
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 65780
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 64350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 63635
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 62098
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 55560
22.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 54950
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 41332
42.2%
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.