Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,455 kr
Communal tax
- 16,951 kr
Church tax
- 725 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,267 kr
Net pay
* 56,741 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
56,741 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,267 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,189 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 85,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 42.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85,008 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,267 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,741 kr per year, or 4,728 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76525
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64789
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84653
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80758
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79412
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77484
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75802
10.8%
5
South Korea
DKK 74564
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73455
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 73040
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72709
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70812
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 69076
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 68044
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67326
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66348
22.0%
14
India
DKK 64504
24.1%
15
China
DKK 60341
29.0%
16
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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.