Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
69,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,675 kr
Communal tax
- 13,572 kr
Church tax
- 433 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 22,815 kr
Net pay
* 46,185 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
46,185 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
22,815 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
36,737 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 69,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 44.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 69,000 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 22,815 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46,185 kr per year, or 3,849 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.56 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 62468
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 52922
23.3%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 65550
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 65550
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 63480
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 63480
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 62100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 61410
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 59927
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 53685
22.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 53075
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 40076
41.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Horsens 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.