Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
68,484 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,617 kr
Communal tax
- 12,245 kr
Church tax
- 302 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 21,301 kr
Net pay
* 47,183 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.4%
Average tax rate
31.1%
68.9%
Net pay
31.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
47,183 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
21,301 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
35,222 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 68,484 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.1% tax rate now rises to 42.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 68,484 kr a year living in the region of Rudersdal, Denmark, you will be taxed 21,301 kr. That means that your net pay will be 47,183 kr per year, or 3,932 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.1% and your marginal tax rate is 30.4%. 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 30.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 696 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,482 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 68484
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 68484
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 65755
4.0%
3
Spain
DKK 64135
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 63636
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 62909
8.1%
6
France
DKK 61841
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 60682
11.4%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 59745
12.8%
9
Russia
DKK 59581
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 58227
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 55814
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 55130
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 55010
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 53628
21.7%
15
Greece
DKK 53521
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 52459
23.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 49708
27.4%
18
Finland
DKK 47425
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 46569
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 45650
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 43093
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 40063
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 62014
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 52539
23.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 68484
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 68484
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 64540
5.8%
3
Pakistan
DKK 62658
8.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 62422
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 60346
11.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 60302
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 59638
12.9%
8
Indonesia
DKK 59085
13.7%
9
Philippines
DKK 58419
14.7%
10
Japan
DKK 55649
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 54828
19.9%
12
Vietnam
DKK 54492
20.4%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 54239
20.8%
14
India
DKK 53590
21.8%
15
China
DKK 48815
28.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 63055
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 63005
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 62012
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 61917
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 61293
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 60951
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 58035
15.3%
7
Brazil
DKK 56813
17.0%
8
Peru
DKK 56552
17.4%
9
Chile
DKK 56431
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 54719
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 44466
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 61854
9.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 54826
19.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 53171
22.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 52138
23.9%
4
Kenya
DKK 51487
24.8%
5
Cameroon
DKK 51208
25.2%
6
Angola
DKK 50983
25.6%
7
Ghana
DKK 50379
26.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 47453
30.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 46574
32.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 46361
32.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 44520
35.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 65060
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 65060
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 63005
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 63005
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 61636
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 60951
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 59478
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 53298
22.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 52688
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 39817
41.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Rudersdal 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.