Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
83,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,288 kr
Communal tax
- 15,869 kr
Church tax
- 476 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,768 kr
Net pay
* 56,732 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
56,732 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,768 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,690 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 83,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.87 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.1% tax rate now rises to 41.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 83,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,768 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,732 kr per year, or 4,728 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 75204
9.9%
1
Canada
DKK 63671
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 83374
0.2%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 79325
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 78055
6.5%
3
Taiwan
DKK 76109
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 74615
10.6%
5
South Korea
DKK 73272
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 72224
13.5%
7
New Zealand
DKK 71817
14.0%
8
Indonesia
DKK 71466
14.4%
9
Philippines
DKK 69681
16.6%
10
Japan
DKK 67851
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 66839
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 66132
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 65269
21.8%
14
India
DKK 63557
23.9%
15
China
DKK 59289
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 76923
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 75830
9.2%
2
Ecuador
DKK 75553
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 75494
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 74733
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 74315
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 69426
16.9%
7
Chile
DKK 68780
17.6%
8
Uruguay
DKK 66716
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 66524
20.3%
10
Peru
DKK 65403
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 54226
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 74034
11.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 64512
22.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 63983
23.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 62483
25.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 61999
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 61948
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 61021
26.9%
7
Cameroon
DKK 59962
28.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 57667
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 56334
32.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 56053
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 53398
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 79325
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 79325
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 76820
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 76820
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 75150
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 74315
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 72520
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 64560
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 63950
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 47361
43.3%
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.