Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
84,996 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,454 kr
Communal tax
- 16,749 kr
Church tax
- 705 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 28,044 kr
Net pay
* 56,952 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
56,952 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
28,044 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
41,965 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 84,996 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.94 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 42.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 84,996 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 28,044 kr. That means that your net pay will be 56,952 kr per year, or 4,746 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 84996
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 84996
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 79599
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 79025
7.0%
4
France
DKK 76565
9.9%
5
Norway
DKK 76236
10.3%
6
Italy
DKK 75806
10.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 74956
11.8%
8
Russia
DKK 73947
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 72266
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 71964
15.3%
11
Hungary
DKK 69272
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 68422
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 68273
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 66308
22.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 65929
22.4%
16
Poland
DKK 63003
25.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 60334
29.0%
18
Finland
DKK 58860
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 57797
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 56760
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 53488
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 49723
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76514
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64780
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84642
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80746
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79401
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77473
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75793
10.8%
5
South Korea
DKK 74553
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73445
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 73031
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72699
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70803
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 69067
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 68034
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67317
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66340
22.0%
14
India
DKK 64497
24.1%
15
China
DKK 60332
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 78278
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 77107
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 76888
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 76846
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 76071
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75571
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70561
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 69964
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 67912
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67457
20.6%
10
Peru
DKK 66529
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 55199
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 75255
11.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 65477
23.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 65060
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63513
25.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 63046
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 63038
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 62082
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60835
28.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58685
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57306
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 57026
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54318
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80746
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80746
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 78196
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 78196
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76496
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75647
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73819
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65682
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 65072
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 48113
43.4%
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.