Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
88,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,844 kr
Communal tax
- 17,468 kr
Church tax
- 735 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 29,182 kr
Net pay
* 59,318 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
59,318 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
29,182 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
43,104 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 88,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.87 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 88,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 29,182 kr. That means that your net pay will be 59,318 kr per year, or 4,943 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 79575
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 67377
23.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 81391
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 80098
9.5%
2
Ecuador
DKK 80012
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 80014
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 79207
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 78390
11.4%
6
Mexico
DKK 73220
17.3%
7
Chile
DKK 72736
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 70711
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 69642
21.3%
10
Peru
DKK 69165
21.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 57476
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 78017
11.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 67738
23.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 67583
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65835
25.6%
4
Angola
DKK 65591
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 65499
26.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 64565
27.1%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62877
29.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 61068
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 59584
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 59298
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 56473
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 84075
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 84075
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 81420
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 81420
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 79650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 78765
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 76862
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 68310
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 67700
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49687
43.9%
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.