Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
72,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,008 kr
Communal tax
- 14,421 kr
Church tax
- 497 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,062 kr
Net pay
* 47,938 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
47,938 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,062 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,984 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, 5.28 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 44.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 72,000 kr a year living in the region of Randers, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,062 kr. That means that your net pay will be 47,938 kr per year, or 3,995 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.84 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.16 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,358 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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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Randers 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.