Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,176 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,474 kr
Communal tax
- 17,519 kr
Church tax
- 819 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,948 kr
Net pay
* 56,228 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
56,228 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,948 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,870 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 85,176 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
43.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 43.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85,176 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,948 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,228 kr per year, or 4,686 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.52 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.48 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,324 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 85176
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 85176
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 79767
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 79193
7.0%
4
France
DKK 76717
9.9%
5
Norway
DKK 76381
10.3%
6
Italy
DKK 75916
10.9%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 75102
11.8%
8
Russia
DKK 74103
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 72419
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 72097
15.4%
11
Hungary
DKK 69418
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 68567
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 68418
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 66441
22.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 66053
22.5%
16
Poland
DKK 63118
25.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 60443
29.0%
18
Finland
DKK 58984
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 57920
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 56881
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 53601
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 49828
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76672
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64913
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84795
0.5%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80917
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79563
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77637
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75934
10.9%
5
South Korea
DKK 74708
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73592
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 73177
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72848
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70938
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 69213
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 68178
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67459
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66469
22.0%
14
India
DKK 64599
24.2%
15
China
DKK 60458
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 78437
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 77261
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 77048
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 77009
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 76233
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75716
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70698
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 70106
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 68056
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67569
20.7%
10
Peru
DKK 66664
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 55316
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 75402
11.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 65593
23.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 65189
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63637
25.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 63172
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 63169
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 62209
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60939
28.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58807
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57423
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 57143
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54428
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80917
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80917
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 78362
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 78362
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76658
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75807
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73975
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65817
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 65207
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 48203
43.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.