Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,674 kr
Communal tax
- 11,579 kr
Church tax
- 438 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,827 kr
Net pay
* 40,173 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,173 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,827 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,748 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 60,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 45.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 60,000 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,827 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,173 kr per year, or 3,348 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 60000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 60000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 56190
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 55729
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 55334
7.8%
5
Italy
DKK 54663
8.9%
6
France
DKK 54180
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 53327
11.1%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 53255
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 52200
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 51014
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48900
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 48300
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48195
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 47249
21.3%
15
Poland
DKK 46902
21.8%
16
Greece
DKK 46890
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44109
26.5%
18
Finland
DKK 41550
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40800
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39943
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37755
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35100
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54562
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46250
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 60000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 60000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 56788
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 55830
7.0%
4
Taiwan
DKK 54689
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52951
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 52892
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 52756
12.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 52090
13.2%
9
Philippines
DKK 52056
13.2%
10
Japan
DKK 48755
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48137
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 48012
20.0%
13
India
DKK 47889
20.2%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 47520
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42898
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 55230
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 55200
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 54330
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 54247
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 53700
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 53400
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 52500
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 51598
14.0%
8
Brazil
DKK 51045
14.9%
9
Chile
DKK 49440
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47940
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38951
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54982
8.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 49310
17.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 47063
21.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 46293
22.9%
4
Cameroon
DKK 46131
23.1%
5
Kenya
DKK 45623
24.0%
6
Angola
DKK 44770
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44366
26.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41682
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 41059
31.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 40847
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39727
33.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 57000
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 57000
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 55200
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 55200
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 54000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 53400
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 52110
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46931
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 46325
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35554
40.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.