Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,996 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,784 kr
Communal tax
- 11,970 kr
Church tax
- 432 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,322 kr
Net pay
* 40,674 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,674 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,322 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,244 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 60,996 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 45.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 60,996 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,322 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,674 kr per year, or 3,389 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.61 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.39 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,370 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 60996
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 60996
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 57123
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 56657
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 56116
8.0%
5
Italy
DKK 56098
8.0%
6
France
DKK 55079
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 54127
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 54096
11.3%
9
Russia
DKK 53067
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 51860
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 49712
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 49102
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48995
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 47998
21.3%
15
Greece
DKK 47669
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 47624
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44766
26.6%
18
Finland
DKK 42240
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 41477
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 40613
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 38381
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35683
41.5%
23
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kolding 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.