Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,750 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,760 kr
Communal tax
- 16,627 kr
Church tax
- 694 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,217 kr
Net pay
* 59,533 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.6%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
59,533 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,217 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,138 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 87,750 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
41.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 41.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 87,750 kr a year living in the region of Kalundborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,217 kr. That means that your net pay will be 59,533 kr per year, or 4,961 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 31.6%. 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 31.63 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.37 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 684 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,419 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 87750
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 87750
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 82178
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 81592
7.0%
4
France
DKK 78879
10.1%
5
Norway
DKK 78443
10.6%
6
Italy
DKK 77483
11.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 77196
12.0%
8
Russia
DKK 76342
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 74608
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 74002
15.7%
11
Hungary
DKK 71516
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 70639
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 70485
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 68351
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 67824
22.7%
16
Poland
DKK 64761
26.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 62000
29.3%
18
Finland
DKK 60767
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 59670
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 58612
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 55223
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 51334
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 78920
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 66821
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 86959
0.9%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 83362
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 81880
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 79983
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 77961
11.2%
5
South Korea
DKK 76913
12.4%
6
Malaysia
DKK 75664
13.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 75264
14.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 74970
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 72868
17.0%
10
Japan
DKK 71304
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 70227
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 69498
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 68312
22.2%
14
India
DKK 66061
24.7%
15
China
DKK 62253
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 80724
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 79458
9.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 79344
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 79336
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 78536
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 77787
11.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 72651
17.2%
7
Chile
DKK 72142
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 70112
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69174
21.2%
10
Peru
DKK 68601
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 56989
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 77429
11.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 67254
23.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 67043
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65341
25.5%
4
Angola
DKK 65045
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 64974
26.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 64033
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62440
28.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 60558
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 59096
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 58814
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 56011
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 83363
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 83362
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 80730
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 80730
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 78975
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 78097
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 76211
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 67748
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 67138
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49401
43.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kalundborg 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.