Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
74,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,231 kr
Communal tax
- 13,989 kr
Church tax
- 420 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,776 kr
Net pay
* 50,224 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.1%
67.9%
Net pay
32.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
50,224 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,776 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,697 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 74,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.09 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 42.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 74,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,776 kr. That means that your net pay will be 50,224 kr per year, or 4,185 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.1% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 74000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 74000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 69301
6.4%
3
Italy
DKK 69113
6.6%
4
Switzerland
DKK 68777
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 67426
8.9%
6
France
DKK 66822
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 65512
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 64380
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 63827
13.8%
10
Austria
DKK 62917
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 60310
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 59570
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 59440
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 57832
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 57777
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 55981
24.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 53349
27.9%
18
Finland
DKK 51245
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 50320
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 49362
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 46568
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 43290
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 66860
9.7%
1
Canada
DKK 56628
23.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 74000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 74000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 69505
6.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 67450
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 67071
9.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 65109
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 65056
12.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 64112
13.4%
8
Indonesia
DKK 63633
14.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 62556
15.5%
10
Japan
DKK 60131
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 59219
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 58608
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 58467
21.0%
14
India
DKK 57297
22.6%
15
China
DKK 52663
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 68150
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 68080
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 67007
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 66905
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 66230
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 65860
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 62219
15.9%
7
Chile
DKK 60976
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 60489
18.3%
9
Uruguay
DKK 59126
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 58254
21.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 48051
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 66322
10.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 58384
21.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 57143
22.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 55939
24.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 55349
25.2%
5
Angola
DKK 55023
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 54424
26.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 54288
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 51205
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 50159
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 49947
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 47643
35.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 70300
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 70300
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 68080
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 68080
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 66600
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 65860
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 64269
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 57435
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 56825
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42588
42.5%
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.