Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
90,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 10,011 kr
Communal tax
- 17,775 kr
Church tax
- 748 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 29,669 kr
Net pay
* 60,331 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
60,331 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
29,669 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
43,591 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 90,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 41.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 8.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 90,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 29,669 kr. That means that your net pay will be 60,331 kr per year, or 5,028 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 80885
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 68489
23.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 88782
1.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 85500
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 83905
6.8%
3
Taiwan
DKK 82034
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 79733
11.4%
5
South Korea
DKK 78841
12.4%
6
Malaysia
DKK 77473
13.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 77089
14.4%
8
Indonesia
DKK 76825
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 74505
17.2%
10
Japan
DKK 73133
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 72018
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 71280
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 69923
22.3%
14
India
DKK 67339
25.2%
15
China
DKK 63823
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 82724
8.1%
1
Colombia
DKK 81378
9.6%
2
Guatemala
DKK 81370
9.6%
3
Ecuador
DKK 81350
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 80550
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 79597
11.6%
6
Mexico
DKK 74358
17.4%
7
Chile
DKK 73922
17.9%
8
Uruguay
DKK 71848
20.2%
9
Brazil
DKK 70577
21.6%
10
Peru
DKK 70294
21.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 58451
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 79182
12.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 68705
23.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 68663
23.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 66822
25.8%
4
Angola
DKK 66684
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 66549
26.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 65628
27.1%
7
Cameroon
DKK 63752
29.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 62088
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 60559
32.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 60267
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 57395
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 85500
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 85500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 82800
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 82800
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 81000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 80100
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 78165
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 69435
22.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 68825
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 50258
44.2%
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.