Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,608 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,856 kr
Communal tax
- 17,566 kr
Church tax
- 729 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 29,286 kr
Net pay
* 59,322 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
59,322 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
29,286 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
43,208 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 88,608 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.88 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 42.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 88,608 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 29,286 kr. That means that your net pay will be 59,322 kr per year, or 4,943 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 88608
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 88608
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 82981
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 82392
7.0%
4
France
DKK 79599
10.2%
5
Norway
DKK 79130
10.7%
6
Italy
DKK 78005
12.0%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 77894
12.1%
8
Russia
DKK 77089
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 75337
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 74637
15.8%
11
Hungary
DKK 72216
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 71329
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 71174
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 68987
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 68410
22.8%
16
Poland
DKK 65309
26.3%
17
Portugal
DKK 62519
29.4%
18
Finland
DKK 61361
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 60253
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 59190
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 55763
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 51836
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 79669
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 67457
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 87654
1.1%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 84178
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 82652
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 80765
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 78637
11.3%
5
South Korea
DKK 77648
12.4%
6
Malaysia
DKK 76354
13.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 75960
14.3%
8
Indonesia
DKK 75678
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 73502
17.1%
10
Japan
DKK 72002
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 70910
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 70178
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 68926
22.2%
14
India
DKK 66549
24.9%
15
China
DKK 62852
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 81487
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 80190
9.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 80109
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 80112
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 79304
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 78477
11.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 73302
17.3%
7
Chile
DKK 72821
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 70793
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69709
21.3%
10
Peru
DKK 69247
21.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 57546
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 78102
11.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 67807
23.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 67660
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65906
25.6%
4
Angola
DKK 65670
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 65574
26.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 64642
27.1%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62940
29.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 61142
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 59654
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 59368
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 56539
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 84178
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 84178
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 81519
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 81519
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 79747
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 78861
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 76956
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 68391
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 67781
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49728
43.9%
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.