Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
81,020 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,012 kr
Communal tax
- 16,004 kr
Church tax
- 664 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,815 kr
Net pay
* 54,205 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
54,205 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,815 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,737 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 81,020 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.03 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 42.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 81,020 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,815 kr. That means that your net pay will be 54,205 kr per year, or 4,517 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 81020
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 81020
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 75875
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 75320
7.0%
4
Italy
DKK 73386
9.4%
5
France
DKK 73161
9.7%
6
Norway
DKK 73051
9.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 71658
11.6%
8
Russia
DKK 70487
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 69021
14.8%
10
Austria
DKK 68886
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 66031
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 65221
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 65079
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 63318
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 63039
22.2%
16
Poland
DKK 60464
25.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 57887
28.6%
18
Finland
DKK 56106
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 55094
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 54085
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 50984
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 47397
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 73026
9.9%
1
Canada
DKK 61832
23.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 81020
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 76969
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 75823
6.4%
3
Taiwan
DKK 73849
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 72662
10.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 71147
12.2%
6
Malaysia
DKK 70200
13.4%
7
New Zealand
DKK 69806
13.8%
8
Indonesia
DKK 69421
14.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 67821
16.3%
10
Japan
DKK 65836
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 64835
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 64168
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 63493
21.6%
14
India
DKK 61991
23.5%
15
China
DKK 57559
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 74632
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 73714
9.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 73342
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 73251
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 72513
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 72108
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 67545
16.6%
7
Chile
DKK 66753
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 64978
19.8%
9
Uruguay
DKK 64735
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 63537
21.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 52614
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 72010
11.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 62912
22.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 62197
23.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 60775
25.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 60263
25.6%
5
Angola
DKK 60141
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 59264
26.9%
7
Cameroon
DKK 58516
27.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 55980
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 54722
32.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 54463
32.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 51872
36.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 76969
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 76969
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 74538
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 74538
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 72918
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 72108
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 70366
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 62700
22.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 62090
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 46115
43.1%
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.