Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
63,240 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,034 kr
Communal tax
- 11,412 kr
Church tax
- 434 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,015 kr
Net pay
* 43,225 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.7%
68.3%
Net pay
31.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
43,225 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,015 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,937 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 63,240 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.37 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 44.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 63,240 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,015 kr. That means that your net pay will be 43,225 kr per year, or 3,602 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.7% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.12 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,456 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 57408
9.2%
1
Canada
DKK 48652
23.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 58213
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 58181
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 57264
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 57176
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 56600
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 56284
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 55335
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 54056
14.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 53312
15.7%
9
Chile
DKK 52110
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 50529
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 41057
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 57607
8.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 51439
18.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 49395
21.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 48525
23.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 48150
23.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 47860
24.3%
6
Angola
DKK 47143
25.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 46662
26.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 43886
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 43165
31.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 42953
32.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 41558
34.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 60078
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 60078
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 58181
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 58181
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 56916
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 56284
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 54924
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 49365
21.9%
8
Lebanon
DKK 48755
22.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 37182
41.2%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.