Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
78,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,731 kr
Communal tax
- 14,879 kr
Church tax
- 447 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 25,193 kr
Net pay
* 53,307 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
53,307 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
25,193 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
39,115 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 78,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.98 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 42.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 78,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 25,193 kr. That means that your net pay will be 53,307 kr per year, or 4,442 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 70812
9.8%
1
Canada
DKK 59964
23.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 72305
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 71864
8.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 71082
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 70973
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 70258
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 69865
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 65633
16.4%
7
Chile
DKK 64684
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 63392
19.3%
9
Uruguay
DKK 62721
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 61640
21.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 50976
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 74575
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 74575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 72220
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 72220
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 70650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 69865
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 68177
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 60810
22.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 60200
23.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 44849
42.9%
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.