Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
90,012 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,012 kr
Communal tax
- 17,855 kr
Church tax
- 741 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 29,744 kr
Net pay
* 60,268 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
60,268 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
29,744 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
43,665 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 90,012 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 42.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 90,012 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 29,744 kr. That means that your net pay will be 60,268 kr per year, or 5,022 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 80895
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 68498
23.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 82734
8.1%
1
Colombia
DKK 81389
9.6%
2
Guatemala
DKK 81381
9.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 81361
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 80561
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 79606
11.6%
6
Mexico
DKK 74367
17.4%
7
Chile
DKK 73932
17.9%
8
Uruguay
DKK 71857
20.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 70584
21.6%
10
Peru
DKK 70303
21.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 58459
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 85511
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 85511
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 82811
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 82811
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 81011
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 80111
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 78175
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 69444
22.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 68834
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 50263
44.2%
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.