Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
60,996 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,784 kr
Communal tax
- 11,829 kr
Church tax
- 498 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,247 kr
Net pay
* 40,749 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,749 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,247 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,169 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 60,996 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 45.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 60,996 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,247 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,749 kr per year, or 3,396 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 60996
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 60996
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 57123
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 56657
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 56116
8.0%
5
Italy
DKK 56098
8.0%
6
France
DKK 55079
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 54127
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 54096
11.3%
9
Russia
DKK 53067
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 51860
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 49712
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 49102
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48995
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 47998
21.3%
15
Greece
DKK 47669
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 47624
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44766
26.6%
18
Finland
DKK 42240
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 41477
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 40613
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 38381
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35683
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 55437
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46989
23.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 60996
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 60996
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 57734
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 56642
7.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 55597
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 53831
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 53762
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 53564
12.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 52911
13.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 52803
13.4%
10
Japan
DKK 49564
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48895
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 48805
20.0%
13
India
DKK 48558
20.4%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 48309
20.8%
15
China
DKK 43593
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 56147
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 56116
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 55232
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 55147
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 54591
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 54286
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 53371
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 52354
14.2%
8
Brazil
DKK 51742
15.2%
9
Chile
DKK 50261
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 48736
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 39599
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 55789
8.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 49964
18.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 47780
21.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 46979
23.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 46763
23.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 46311
24.1%
6
Angola
DKK 45499
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 45072
26.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 42360
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 41706
31.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 41494
32.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 40290
34.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 57946
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 57946
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 56116
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 56116
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 54896
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 54286
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 52975
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 47682
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 47072
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 36055
40.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.