Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,844 kr
Communal tax
- 16,858 kr
Church tax
- 506 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,343 kr
Net pay
* 60,157 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
60,157 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,343 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,265 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 88,500 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 88,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,343 kr. That means that your net pay will be 60,157 kr per year, or 5,013 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 88500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 88500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 82880
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 82291
7.0%
4
France
DKK 79509
10.2%
5
Norway
DKK 79043
10.7%
6
Italy
DKK 77939
11.9%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 77806
12.1%
8
Russia
DKK 76995
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 75245
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 74557
15.8%
11
Hungary
DKK 72128
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 71243
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 71088
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 68907
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 68338
22.8%
16
Poland
DKK 65240
26.3%
17
Portugal
DKK 62454
29.4%
18
Finland
DKK 61286
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 60180
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 59117
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 55695
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 51772
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 79575
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 67377
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 87567
1.1%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 84075
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 82555
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 80667
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 78552
11.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 77556
12.4%
6
Malaysia
DKK 76267
13.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 75873
14.3%
8
Indonesia
DKK 75589
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 73424
17.0%
10
Japan
DKK 71914
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 70824
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 70092
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 68849
22.2%
14
India
DKK 66487
24.9%
15
China
DKK 62777
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 81391
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 80098
9.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 80012
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 80014
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 79207
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 78390
11.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 73220
17.3%
7
Chile
DKK 72736
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 70711
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69642
21.3%
10
Peru
DKK 69165
21.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 57476
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 78017
11.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 67738
23.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 67583
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65835
25.6%
4
Angola
DKK 65591
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 65499
26.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 64565
27.1%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62877
29.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 61068
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 59584
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 59298
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 56473
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 84075
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 84075
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 81420
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 81420
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 79650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 78765
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 76862
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 68310
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 67700
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49687
43.9%
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.