Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
68,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,564 kr
Communal tax
- 12,318 kr
Church tax
- 469 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 21,486 kr
Net pay
* 46,514 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
46,514 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
21,486 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
35,407 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 68,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.21 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
43.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 43.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 68,000 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 21,486 kr. That means that your net pay will be 46,514 kr per year, or 3,876 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.6% 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 61589
9.4%
1
Canada
DKK 52181
23.3%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 61462
9.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 54513
19.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 52823
22.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 51805
23.8%
4
Kenya
DKK 51149
24.8%
5
Cameroon
DKK 50926
25.1%
6
Angola
DKK 50629
25.6%
7
Ghana
DKK 50036
26.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 47124
30.7%
9
Uganda
DKK 46259
32.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 46047
32.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 44247
34.9%
12
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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.