Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
81,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,009 kr
Communal tax
- 16,114 kr
Church tax
- 430 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,689 kr
Net pay
* 54,311 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
32.9%
67.1%
Net pay
32.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
54,311 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,689 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,610 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 81,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.9% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 81,000 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,689 kr. That means that your net pay will be 54,311 kr per year, or 4,526 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.41 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.59 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,380 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 73008
9.9%
1
Canada
DKK 61818
23.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 74614
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 73696
9.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 73324
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 73233
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 72495
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 72090
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 67530
16.6%
7
Chile
DKK 66737
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 64965
19.8%
9
Uruguay
DKK 64719
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 63522
21.6%
11
Argentina
DKK 52601
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 76950
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 76950
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 74520
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 74520
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 72900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 72090
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 70349
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 62685
22.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 62075
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 46105
43.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.