Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,064 kr
Communal tax
- 14,250 kr
Church tax
- 591 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,041 kr
Net pay
* 48,459 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
48,459 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,041 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,962 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 72,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.24 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 43.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 72,500 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,041 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,459 kr per year, or 4,038 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 32.57 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 72500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 72500
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 68200
5.9%
3
Spain
DKK 67896
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 67379
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 66225
8.7%
6
France
DKK 65467
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 64198
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 63075
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 62717
13.5%
10
Austria
DKK 61642
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 59087
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 58362
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 58236
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 56659
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 56650
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 55023
24.1%
17
Portugal
DKK 52359
27.8%
18
Finland
DKK 50206
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 49300
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 48352
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 45623
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 42413
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 65542
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 55516
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 72500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 72500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 68155
6.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 66083
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 65871
9.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 63804
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 63776
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 62895
13.3%
8
Indonesia
DKK 62397
13.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 61431
15.3%
10
Japan
DKK 58912
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 58025
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 57420
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 57393
20.8%
14
India
DKK 56289
22.4%
15
China
DKK 51617
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 66764
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 66700
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 65649
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 65548
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 64888
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 64525
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 61081
15.8%
7
Chile
DKK 59740
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 59489
18.0%
9
Uruguay
DKK 57928
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 57125
21.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 47076
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 65107
10.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 57416
20.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 56063
22.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 54905
24.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 54299
25.1%
5
Angola
DKK 53924
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 53549
26.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 53225
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 50185
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 49184
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 48972
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 46792
35.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 68875
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 68875
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 66700
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 66700
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 65250
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 64525
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 62966
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 56310
22.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 55700
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 41834
42.3%
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.