Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
66,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,397 kr
Communal tax
- 13,014 kr
Church tax
- 540 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 22,087 kr
Net pay
* 44,413 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
44,413 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
22,087 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
36,008 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 66,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.41 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 44.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 66,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 22,087 kr. That means that your net pay will be 44,413 kr per year, or 3,701 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 60272
9.4%
1
Canada
DKK 51069
23.2%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 63175
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 63175
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 61180
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 61180
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 59850
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 59185
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 57755
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 51810
22.1%
8
Lebanon
DKK 51200
23.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 38820
41.6%
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.