Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,677 kr
Communal tax
- 17,364 kr
Church tax
- 742 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,919 kr
Net pay
* 58,081 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
58,081 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,919 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,841 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 87,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 87,000 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,919 kr. That means that your net pay will be 58,081 kr per year, or 4,840 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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 87000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 87000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 81476
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 80893
7.0%
4
France
DKK 78249
10.1%
5
Norway
DKK 77842
10.5%
6
Italy
DKK 77026
11.5%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 76586
12.0%
8
Russia
DKK 75690
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 73970
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 73447
15.6%
11
Hungary
DKK 70905
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 70035
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 69883
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 67794
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 67308
22.6%
16
Poland
DKK 64282
26.1%
17
Portugal
DKK 61546
29.3%
18
Finland
DKK 60248
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 59160
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 58108
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 54750
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 50895
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 78265
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 66265
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 86342
0.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 82650
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 81205
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 79300
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 77370
11.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 76271
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 75061
13.7%
7
New Zealand
DKK 74656
14.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 74352
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 72306
16.9%
10
Japan
DKK 70695
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 69630
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 68904
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 67775
22.1%
14
India
DKK 65635
24.6%
15
China
DKK 61730
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 80058
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 78818
9.4%
2
Ecuador
DKK 78675
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 78658
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 77865
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 77183
11.3%
6
Mexico
DKK 72082
17.2%
7
Chile
DKK 71549
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 69513
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 68706
21.0%
10
Peru
DKK 68037
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 56501
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 76841
11.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 66770
23.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 66503
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 64847
25.5%
4
Angola
DKK 64498
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 64449
25.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 63502
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62003
28.7%
8
Nigeria
DKK 60048
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 58609
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 58328
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 55550
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 82650
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 82650
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 80040
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 80040
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 78300
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 77430
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 75559
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 67185
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 66575
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49115
43.6%
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.