Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
61,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,785 kr
Communal tax
- 11,830 kr
Church tax
- 498 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,248 kr
Net pay
* 40,752 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
40,752 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,248 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,170 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 61,000 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 61,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,248 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,752 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 61000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 61000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 57127
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 56661
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 56120
8.0%
5
Italy
DKK 56104
8.0%
6
France
DKK 55083
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 54130
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 54099
11.3%
9
Russia
DKK 53070
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 51864
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 49715
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 49105
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48998
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 48001
21.3%
15
Greece
DKK 47672
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 47627
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44769
26.6%
18
Finland
DKK 42243
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 41480
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 40615
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 38384
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35685
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 55441
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46992
23.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 61000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 61000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 57738
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 56645
7.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 55601
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 53834
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 53766
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 53567
12.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 52915
13.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 52806
13.4%
10
Japan
DKK 49568
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48898
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 48808
20.0%
13
India
DKK 48561
20.4%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 48312
20.8%
15
China
DKK 43595
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 56151
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 56120
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 55235
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 55151
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 54595
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 54290
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 53375
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 52357
14.2%
8
Brazil
DKK 51745
15.2%
9
Chile
DKK 50264
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 48739
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 39601
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 55792
8.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 49967
18.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 47783
21.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 46982
23.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 46766
23.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 46313
24.1%
6
Angola
DKK 45502
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 45074
26.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 42363
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 41709
31.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 41497
32.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 40292
34.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 57950
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 57950
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 56120
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 56120
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 54900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 54290
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 52978
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 47685
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 47075
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 36057
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.