Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,176 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,474 kr
Communal tax
- 16,986 kr
Church tax
- 633 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,229 kr
Net pay
* 56,947 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
56,947 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,229 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,150 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, 4.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 42.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85,176 kr a year living in the region of Silkeborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,229 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,947 kr per year, or 4,746 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,368 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
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 Silkeborg 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.