Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
86,472 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,618 kr
Communal tax
- 17,126 kr
Church tax
- 710 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,591 kr
Net pay
* 57,881 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
57,881 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,591 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,512 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 86,472 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 42.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 86,472 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,591 kr. That means that your net pay will be 57,881 kr per year, or 4,823 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 32.57 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 77804
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 65874
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 85894
0.7%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 82148
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 80729
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 78818
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 76955
11.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 75818
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 74637
13.7%
7
New Zealand
DKK 74228
14.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 73916
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 71910
16.8%
10
Japan
DKK 70266
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 69209
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 68486
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 67396
22.1%
14
India
DKK 65335
24.4%
15
China
DKK 61362
29.0%
16
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 82148
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 82148
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 79554
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 79554
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 77825
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 76960
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 75101
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 66789
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 66179
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 48854
43.5%
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.