Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,008 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,789 kr
Communal tax
- 17,367 kr
Church tax
- 731 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 29,022 kr
Net pay
* 58,986 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
58,986 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
29,022 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
42,944 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 88,008 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.88 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 42.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 88,008 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 29,022 kr. That means that your net pay will be 58,986 kr per year, or 4,915 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 79145
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 67013
23.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 80954
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 79678
9.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 79574
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 79569
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 78767
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 77994
11.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 72846
17.2%
7
Chile
DKK 72346
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 70318
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69335
21.2%
10
Peru
DKK 68795
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 57156
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 83608
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 83608
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 80967
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 80967
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 79207
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 78327
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 76435
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 67941
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 67331
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49499
43.8%
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.