Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,991 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,784 kr
Communal tax
- 11,880 kr
Church tax
- 493 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,292 kr
Net pay
* 40,699 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
40,699 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,292 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,214 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 60,991 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 60,991 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,292 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,699 kr per year, or 3,392 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 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 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 60991
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 60991
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 57118
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 56653
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 56112
8.0%
5
Italy
DKK 56091
8.0%
6
France
DKK 55075
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 54122
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 54092
11.3%
9
Russia
DKK 53062
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 51856
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 49708
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 49098
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48991
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 47994
21.3%
15
Greece
DKK 47665
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 47620
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44763
26.6%
18
Finland
DKK 42236
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 41474
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 40609
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 38378
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35680
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 55433
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46985
23.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 60991
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 60991
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 57730
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 56637
7.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 55593
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 53826
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 53758
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 53560
12.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 52907
13.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 52799
13.4%
10
Japan
DKK 49560
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48891
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 48801
20.0%
13
India
DKK 48555
20.4%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 48305
20.8%
15
China
DKK 43589
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 56142
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 56112
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 55227
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 55143
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 54587
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 54282
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 53367
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 52350
14.2%
8
Brazil
DKK 51738
15.2%
9
Chile
DKK 50257
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 48732
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 39595
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 55785
8.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 49961
18.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 47776
21.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 46976
23.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 46760
23.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 46307
24.1%
6
Angola
DKK 45496
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 45068
26.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 42357
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 41703
31.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 41491
32.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 40287
34.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 57941
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 57941
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 56112
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 56112
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 54892
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 54282
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 52971
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 47678
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 47068
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 36052
40.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.