Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
73,997 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,231 kr
Communal tax
- 14,495 kr
Church tax
- 610 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 24,471 kr
Net pay
* 49,526 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
49,526 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
24,471 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
38,392 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 73,997 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.19 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 43.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 73,997 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 24,471 kr. That means that your net pay will be 49,526 kr per year, or 4,127 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% 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 73997
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 73997
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 69298
6.4%
3
Italy
DKK 69111
6.6%
4
Switzerland
DKK 68774
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 67424
8.9%
6
France
DKK 66819
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 65509
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 64377
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 63824
13.8%
10
Austria
DKK 62914
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 60308
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 59568
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 59438
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 57829
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 57775
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 55979
24.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 53347
27.9%
18
Finland
DKK 51243
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 50318
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 49360
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 46566
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 43288
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 66857
9.7%
1
Canada
DKK 56626
23.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 73997
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 73997
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 69502
6.1%
3
Taiwan
DKK 67448
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 67069
9.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 65107
12.0%
6
Malaysia
DKK 65054
12.1%
7
New Zealand
DKK 64109
13.4%
8
Indonesia
DKK 63631
14.0%
9
Philippines
DKK 62553
15.5%
10
Japan
DKK 60129
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 59216
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 58606
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 58464
21.0%
14
India
DKK 57295
22.6%
15
China
DKK 52661
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 68147
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 68077
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 67004
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 66902
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 66227
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 65857
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 62217
15.9%
7
Chile
DKK 60974
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 60487
18.3%
9
Uruguay
DKK 59124
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 58252
21.3%
11
Argentina
DKK 48049
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 66320
10.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 58382
21.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 57140
22.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 55937
24.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 55346
25.2%
5
Angola
DKK 55021
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 54422
26.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 54286
26.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 51203
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 50157
32.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 49945
32.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 47641
35.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 70297
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 70297
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 68077
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 68077
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 66597
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 65857
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 64266
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 57433
22.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 56823
23.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 42587
42.5%
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.