Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,732 kr
Communal tax
- 17,468 kr
Church tax
- 747 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 29,083 kr
Net pay
* 58,417 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
58,417 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
29,083 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
43,005 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 87,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.91 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 87,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 29,083 kr. That means that your net pay will be 58,417 kr per year, or 4,868 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 32.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.24 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,362 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 87500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 87500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 81944
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 81359
7.0%
4
France
DKK 78669
10.1%
5
Norway
DKK 78242
10.6%
6
Italy
DKK 77330
11.6%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 76993
12.0%
8
Russia
DKK 76125
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 74395
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 73817
15.6%
11
Hungary
DKK 71312
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 70438
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 70284
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 68165
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 67652
22.7%
16
Poland
DKK 64602
26.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 61849
29.3%
18
Finland
DKK 60594
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 59500
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 58444
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 55065
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 51187
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 78701
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 66636
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 86757
0.9%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 83125
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 81655
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 79755
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 77764
11.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 76699
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 75463
13.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 75062
14.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 74764
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 72681
16.9%
10
Japan
DKK 71101
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 70028
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 69300
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 68133
22.1%
14
India
DKK 65919
24.7%
15
China
DKK 62079
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 80502
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 79245
9.4%
2
Ecuador
DKK 79121
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 79110
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 78312
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 77586
11.3%
6
Mexico
DKK 72461
17.2%
7
Chile
DKK 71945
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 69912
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69018
21.1%
10
Peru
DKK 68413
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 56826
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 77233
11.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 67093
23.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 66863
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65177
25.5%
4
Angola
DKK 64863
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 64799
25.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 63856
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62294
28.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 60388
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 58934
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 58653
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 55858
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 83125
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 83125
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 80500
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 80500
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 78750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 77875
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 75994
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 67560
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 66950
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49306
43.7%
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.