Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
63,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,063 kr
Communal tax
- 11,461 kr
Church tax
- 436 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,096 kr
Net pay
* 43,404 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.6%
68.4%
Net pay
31.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
43,404 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,096 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,017 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 63,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 43.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 63,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,096 kr. That means that your net pay will be 43,404 kr per year, or 3,617 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 30.89 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.11 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 63500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 63500
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 59705
6.0%
3
Spain
DKK 59468
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 58991
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 58420
8.0%
6
France
DKK 57340
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 56319
11.3%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 56029
11.8%
9
Russia
DKK 55245
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 53989
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 51753
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 51118
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 51006
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 49879
21.5%
15
Greece
DKK 49626
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 49277
22.4%
17
Portugal
DKK 46419
26.9%
18
Finland
DKK 43974
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 43180
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 42297
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 39956
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 37147
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 57636
9.2%
1
Canada
DKK 48845
23.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 63500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 63500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 60028
5.5%
3
Pakistan
DKK 58671
7.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 57880
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 56043
11.7%
6
South Korea
DKK 55949
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 55595
12.5%
8
Indonesia
DKK 54976
13.4%
9
Philippines
DKK 54681
13.9%
10
Japan
DKK 51599
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 50804
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 50800
20.0%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 50292
20.8%
14
India
DKK 50241
20.9%
15
China
DKK 45339
28.6%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 58453
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 58420
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 57499
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 57411
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 56832
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 56515
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 55562
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 54253
14.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 53491
15.8%
9
Chile
DKK 52324
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 50737
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 41226
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 57817
9.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 51610
18.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 49583
21.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 48704
23.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 48302
23.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 48040
24.4%
6
Angola
DKK 47333
25.5%
7
Ghana
DKK 46846
26.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 44063
30.6%
9
Uganda
DKK 43334
31.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 43122
32.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 41704
34.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 60325
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 60325
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 58420
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 58420
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 57150
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 56515
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 55150
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 49560
22.0%
8
Lebanon
DKK 48950
22.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 37313
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.