Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
79,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 8,787 kr
Communal tax
- 15,520 kr
Church tax
- 653 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,096 kr
Net pay
* 52,904 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
52,904 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,096 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,018 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 79,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.07 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 43.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 10.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 79,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,096 kr. That means that your net pay will be 52,904 kr per year, or 4,409 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% 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 79000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 79000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 73983
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 73437
7.0%
4
Italy
DKK 72157
8.7%
5
Norway
DKK 71432
9.6%
6
France
DKK 71337
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 69889
11.5%
8
Russia
DKK 68730
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 67527
14.5%
10
Austria
DKK 67168
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 64385
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 63595
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 63457
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 61739
21.9%
15
Sweden
DKK 61536
22.1%
16
Poland
DKK 59174
25.1%
17
Portugal
DKK 56584
28.4%
18
Finland
DKK 54708
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 53720
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 52725
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 49713
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 46215
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 71252
9.8%
1
Canada
DKK 60335
23.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 79000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 75952
3.9%
2
Thailand
DKK 74005
6.3%
3
Taiwan
DKK 72008
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 71071
10.0%
5
South Korea
DKK 69416
12.1%
6
Malaysia
DKK 68711
13.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 68167
13.7%
8
Indonesia
DKK 67756
14.2%
9
Philippines
DKK 66306
16.1%
10
Japan
DKK 64194
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 63203
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 62568
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 62047
21.5%
14
India
DKK 60657
23.2%
15
China
DKK 56150
28.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 72767
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 72224
8.6%
2
Ecuador
DKK 71534
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 71425
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 70705
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 70310
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 66013
16.4%
7
Chile
DKK 65096
17.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 63713
19.4%
9
Uruguay
DKK 63121
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 62017
21.5%
11
Argentina
DKK 51301
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 70372
10.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 61609
22.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 60743
23.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 59384
24.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 58849
25.5%
5
Angola
DKK 58669
25.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 57832
26.8%
7
Cameroon
DKK 57339
27.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 54606
30.9%
9
Uganda
DKK 53409
32.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 53178
32.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 50630
35.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 75050
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 75050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 72680
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 72680
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 71100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 70310
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 68612
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 61185
22.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 60575
23.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 45100
42.9%
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.