Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,786 kr
Communal tax
- 13,838 kr
Church tax
- 592 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 23,351 kr
Net pay
* 46,649 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
46,649 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
23,351 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
37,273 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 70,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.32 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 44.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 70,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 23,351 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46,649 kr per year, or 3,887 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 70000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 70000
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 66678
4.8%
3
Spain
DKK 65555
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 65049
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 64222
8.3%
6
France
DKK 63210
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 62010
11.4%
8
Russia
DKK 60900
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 60867
13.1%
10
Austria
DKK 59516
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 57050
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 56350
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 56227
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 54770
21.8%
15
Greece
DKK 54706
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 53427
23.7%
17
Portugal
DKK 50709
27.6%
18
Finland
DKK 48475
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 47600
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 46670
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 44048
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 40950
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 63346
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 53663
23.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 70000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 70000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 65905
5.9%
3
Pakistan
DKK 63871
8.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 63804
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 61642
11.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 61626
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 60867
13.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 60335
13.8%
9
Philippines
DKK 59556
14.9%
10
Japan
DKK 56881
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 56035
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 55601
20.6%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 55440
20.8%
14
India
DKK 54609
22.0%
15
China
DKK 49873
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 64455
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 64400
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 63385
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 63288
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 62650
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 62300
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 59185
15.5%
7
Brazil
DKK 57823
17.4%
8
Chile
DKK 57680
17.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 55930
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 55900
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 45451
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 63082
9.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 55804
20.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 54263
22.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 53183
24.0%
4
Kenya
DKK 52549
24.9%
5
Cameroon
DKK 52092
25.6%
6
Angola
DKK 52093
25.6%
7
Ghana
DKK 51453
26.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 48484
30.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 47559
32.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 47347
32.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 45377
35.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 66500
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 66500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 64400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 64400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 63000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 62300
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 60795
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 54435
22.2%
8
Lebanon
DKK 53825
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 40578
42.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.