Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
84,656 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,416 kr
Communal tax
- 15,687 kr
Church tax
- 496 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,735 kr
Net pay
* 57,921 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.6%
68.4%
Net pay
31.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
57,921 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,735 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,657 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 84,656 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.80 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 41.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 84,656 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,735 kr. That means that your net pay will be 57,921 kr per year, or 4,827 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.6% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,450 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 58682
30.7%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 58444
31.0%
2
Tårnby
DKK 58411
31.0%
3
Gentofte
DKK 57954
31.5%
4
Gladsaxe
DKK 57987
31.5%
5
Glostrup
DKK 57954
31.5%
6
Hørsholm
DKK 58007
31.5%
7
Vejle
DKK 58027
31.5%
8
Herlev
DKK 57921
31.6%
9
Københavns
DKK 57822
31.7%
10
Allerød
DKK 57636
31.9%
11
Billund
DKK 57630
31.9%
12
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 57563
32.0%
13
Brøndby
DKK 57491
32.1%
14
Greve
DKK 57524
32.1%
15
Aarhus
DKK 57385
32.2%
16
Kalundborg
DKK 57418
32.2%
17
Dragør
DKK 57285
32.3%
18
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 57292
32.3%
19
Furesø
DKK 57259
32.4%
20
Køge
DKK 57047
32.6%
21
Solrød
DKK 57093
32.6%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 56961
32.7%
23
Herning
DKK 56968
32.7%
24
Ishøj
DKK 56961
32.7%
25
Ikast-Brande
DKK 56849
32.8%
26
Næstved
DKK 56908
32.8%
27
Odder
DKK 56862
32.8%
28
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 56862
32.8%
29
Roskilde
DKK 56868
32.8%
30
Slagelse
DKK 56855
32.8%
31
Varde
DKK 56862
32.8%
32
Helsingør
DKK 56796
32.9%
33
Horsens
DKK 56763
32.9%
34
Odense
DKK 56782
32.9%
35
Ballerup
DKK 56749
33.0%
36
Gribskov
DKK 56729
33.0%
37
Holbæk
DKK 56723
33.0%
38
Hvidovre
DKK 56749
33.0%
39
Vejen
DKK 56723
33.0%
40
Vordingborg
DKK 56749
33.0%
41
Aalborg
DKK 56643
33.1%
42
Albertslund
DKK 56630
33.1%
43
Fredericia
DKK 56643
33.1%
44
Hedensted
DKK 56643
33.1%
45
Kolding
DKK 56617
33.1%
46
Lejre
DKK 56657
33.1%
47
Rødovre
DKK 56617
33.1%
48
Silkeborg
DKK 56597
33.1%
49
Vallensbæk
DKK 56630
33.1%
50
Viborg
DKK 56610
33.1%
51
Aabenraa
DKK 56531
33.2%
52
Egedal
DKK 56590
33.2%
53
Fanø
DKK 56518
33.2%
54
Halsnæs
DKK 56531
33.2%
55
Hillerød
DKK 56537
33.2%
56
Holstebro
DKK 56511
33.2%
57
Rebild
DKK 56544
33.2%
58
Struer
DKK 56564
33.2%
59
Tønder
DKK 56590
33.2%
60
Esbjerg
DKK 56491
33.3%
61
Favrskov
DKK 56458
33.3%
62
Lemvig
DKK 56485
33.3%
63
Middelfart
DKK 56432
33.3%
64
Randers
DKK 56438
33.3%
65
Skive
DKK 56504
33.3%
66
Sønderborg
DKK 56491
33.3%
67
Frederikssund
DKK 56392
33.4%
68
Skanderborg
DKK 56365
33.4%
69
Thisted
DKK 56385
33.4%
70
Faxe
DKK 56312
33.5%
71
Guldborgsund
DKK 56259
33.5%
72
Jammerbugt
DKK 56299
33.5%
73
Syddjurs
DKK 56299
33.5%
74
Assens
DKK 56180
33.6%
75
Kerteminde -
DKK 56180
33.6%
76
Mariagerfjord
DKK 56200
33.6%
77
Morsø
DKK 56233
33.6%
78
Nordfyns
DKK 56207
33.6%
79
Ringsted
DKK 56200
33.6%
80
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 56147
33.7%
81
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 56134
33.7%
82
Norddjurs
DKK 56167
33.7%
83
Samsø
DKK 56154
33.7%
84
Stevns
DKK 56167
33.7%
85
Ærø
DKK 56120
33.7%
86
Frederikshavn
DKK 56081
33.8%
87
Haderslev
DKK 56068
33.8%
88
Hjørring
DKK 56041
33.8%
89
Nyborg
DKK 56034
33.8%
90
ODSHERRED
DKK 56048
33.8%
91
Sorø
DKK 56068
33.8%
92
Svendborg
DKK 56021
33.8%
93
Brønderslev
DKK 55981
33.9%
94
Langeland
DKK 55942
33.9%
95
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 55915
33.9%
96
Lolland
DKK 55882
34.0%
97
Læsø
DKK 55836
34.0%
98
Christiansø
DKK 80335
5.1%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 84656
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 84656
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 79280
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 78709
7.0%
4
France
DKK 76280
9.9%
5
Norway
DKK 75964
10.3%
6
Italy
DKK 75599
10.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 74679
11.8%
8
Russia
DKK 73651
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 71977
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 71712
15.3%
11
Hungary
DKK 68995
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 68148
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 68000
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 66056
22.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 65695
22.4%
16
Poland
DKK 62786
25.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 60128
29.0%
18
Finland
DKK 58624
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 57566
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 56531
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 53274
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 49524
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76218
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64528
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84354
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80423
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79095
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77163
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75525
10.8%
5
South Korea
DKK 74262
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73167
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 72755
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72419
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70548
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 68790
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 67764
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67048
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66096
21.9%
14
India
DKK 64287
24.1%
15
China
DKK 60095
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 77975
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 76817
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 76584
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 76539
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 75767
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75298
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70303
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 69695
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 67640
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67245
20.6%
10
Peru
DKK 66273
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 54978
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 74978
11.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 65258
22.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 64815
23.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63279
25.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 62808
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 62791
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 61841
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60636
28.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58453
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57085
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 56805
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54109
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80423
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80423
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 77884
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 77884
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76190
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75344
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73524
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65427
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 64817
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 47942
43.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.