Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,788 kr
Communal tax
- 16,759 kr
Church tax
- 503 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,186 kr
Net pay
* 59,814 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
59,814 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,186 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,107 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 88,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 41.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 88,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,186 kr. That means that your net pay will be 59,814 kr per year, or 4,985 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% 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 88000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 88000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 82412
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 81825
7.0%
4
France
DKK 79089
10.1%
5
Norway
DKK 78643
10.6%
6
Italy
DKK 77635
11.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 77399
12.1%
8
Russia
DKK 76560
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 74820
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 74187
15.7%
11
Hungary
DKK 71720
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 70840
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 70686
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 68536
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 67997
22.7%
16
Poland
DKK 64921
26.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 62151
29.4%
18
Finland
DKK 60940
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 59840
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 58781
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 55380
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 51480
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 79138
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 67007
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 87162
1.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 83600
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 82105
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 80211
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 78158
11.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 77127
12.4%
6
Malaysia
DKK 75865
13.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 75467
14.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 75176
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 73056
17.0%
10
Japan
DKK 71508
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 70426
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 69696
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 68491
22.2%
14
India
DKK 66203
24.8%
15
China
DKK 62428
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 80947
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 79671
9.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 79567
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 79562
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 78760
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 77988
11.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 72840
17.2%
7
Chile
DKK 72340
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 70312
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69330
21.2%
10
Peru
DKK 68789
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 57151
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 77625
11.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 67415
23.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 67223
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65506
25.6%
4
Angola
DKK 65227
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 65149
26.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 64211
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62586
28.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 60728
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 59259
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 58976
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 56165
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 83600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 83600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 80960
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 80960
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 79200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 78320
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 76428
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 67935
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 67325
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49496
43.8%
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.