Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
70,720 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 7,866 kr
Communal tax
- 12,835 kr
Church tax
- 488 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 22,325 kr
Net pay
* 48,395 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
48,395 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
22,325 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
36,247 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 70,720 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
42.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.6% tax rate now rises to 42.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 11.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 70,720 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 22,325 kr. That means that your net pay will be 48,395 kr per year, or 4,033 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 70720
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 70720
0.0%
2
Italy
DKK 67117
5.1%
3
Spain
DKK 66229
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 65720
7.1%
5
Norway
DKK 64799
8.4%
6
France
DKK 63860
9.7%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 62640
11.4%
8
Russia
DKK 61526
13.0%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 61399
13.2%
10
Austria
DKK 60128
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 57637
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 56930
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 56806
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 55312
21.8%
15
Greece
DKK 55268
21.9%
16
Poland
DKK 53887
23.8%
17
Portugal
DKK 51184
27.6%
18
Finland
DKK 48974
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 48090
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 47155
33.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 44501
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 41371
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 63978
9.5%
1
Canada
DKK 54197
23.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 70720
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 70720
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 66553
5.9%
3
Taiwan
DKK 64461
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 64447
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 62256
12.0%
6
South Korea
DKK 62254
12.0%
7
New Zealand
DKK 61451
13.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 60929
13.8%
9
Philippines
DKK 60096
15.0%
10
Japan
DKK 57466
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 56608
20.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 56118
20.7%
13
Kazakhstan
DKK 56010
20.8%
14
India
DKK 55093
22.1%
15
China
DKK 50375
28.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 65120
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 65062
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 64037
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 63939
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 63294
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 62941
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 59731
15.5%
7
Brazil
DKK 58303
17.6%
8
Chile
DKK 58273
17.6%
9
Uruguay
DKK 56505
20.1%
10
Peru
DKK 55786
21.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 45919
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 63666
10.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 56268
20.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 54781
22.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 53679
24.1%
4
Kenya
DKK 53053
25.0%
5
Angola
DKK 52621
25.6%
6
Cameroon
DKK 52511
25.8%
7
Ghana
DKK 51963
26.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 48974
30.8%
9
Uganda
DKK 48027
32.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 47815
32.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 45784
35.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 67184
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 67184
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 65062
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 65062
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 63648
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 62941
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 61420
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 54975
22.3%
8
Lebanon
DKK 54365
23.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 40940
42.1%
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.