Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,008 kr
Communal tax
- 14,029 kr
Church tax
- 531 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,704 kr
Net pay
* 48,296 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
48,296 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,704 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,626 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 72,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.23 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 43.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 72,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,704 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,296 kr per year, or 4,025 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.9% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 72000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 72000
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 67896
5.7%
3
Spain
DKK 67428
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 66913
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 65824
8.6%
6
France
DKK 65016
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 63761
11.4%
8
Russia
DKK 62640
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 62347
13.4%
10
Austria
DKK 61216
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 58680
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 57960
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 57834
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 56274
21.8%
15
Greece
DKK 56269
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 54704
24.0%
17
Portugal
DKK 52029
27.7%
18
Finland
DKK 49860
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 48960
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 48016
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 45308
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 42120
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 65103
9.6%
1
Canada
DKK 55146
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 72000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 72000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 67705
6.0%
3
Taiwan
DKK 65627
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 65471
9.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 63369
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 63349
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 62490
13.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 61984
13.9%
9
Philippines
DKK 61056
15.2%
10
Japan
DKK 58506
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 57627
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 57035
20.8%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 57024
20.8%
14
India
DKK 55953
22.3%
15
China
DKK 51268
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 66302
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 66240
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 65196
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 65096
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 64440
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 64080
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 60702
15.7%
7
Chile
DKK 59328
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 59156
17.8%
9
Uruguay
DKK 57528
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 56749
21.2%
11
Argentina
DKK 46751
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 64702
10.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 57094
20.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 55703
22.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 54561
24.2%
4
Kenya
DKK 53949
25.1%
5
Angola
DKK 53558
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 53258
26.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 52871
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 49845
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 48859
32.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 48647
32.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 46508
35.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 68400
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 68400
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 66240
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 66240
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 64800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 64080
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 62532
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 55935
22.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 55325
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 41583
42.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.