Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
85,022 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,457 kr
Communal tax
- 15,558 kr
Church tax
- 592 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 26,742 kr
Net pay
* 58,280 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.5%
68.5%
Net pay
31.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
58,280 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
26,742 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
40,664 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 85,022 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.78 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
41.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.5% tax rate now rises to 41.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 85,022 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 26,742 kr. That means that your net pay will be 58,280 kr per year, or 4,857 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.5% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 85022
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 85022
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 79623
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 79050
7.0%
4
France
DKK 76587
9.9%
5
Norway
DKK 76257
10.3%
6
Italy
DKK 75822
10.8%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 74977
11.8%
8
Russia
DKK 73969
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 72288
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 71983
15.3%
11
Hungary
DKK 69293
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 68443
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 68294
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 66327
22.0%
15
Sweden
DKK 65947
22.4%
16
Poland
DKK 63019
25.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 60350
29.0%
18
Finland
DKK 58878
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 57815
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 56777
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 53504
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 49738
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 76537
10.0%
1
Canada
DKK 64799
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 84664
0.4%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 80771
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 79424
6.6%
3
Taiwan
DKK 77497
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 75813
10.8%
5
South Korea
DKK 74576
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 73466
13.6%
7
New Zealand
DKK 73052
14.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 72721
14.5%
9
Philippines
DKK 70822
16.7%
10
Japan
DKK 69088
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 68055
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 67337
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 66358
22.0%
14
India
DKK 64512
24.1%
15
China
DKK 60351
29.0%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 78301
7.9%
1
Colombia
DKK 77129
9.3%
2
Ecuador
DKK 76911
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 76870
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 76095
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 75592
11.1%
6
Mexico
DKK 70581
17.0%
7
Chile
DKK 69984
17.7%
8
Uruguay
DKK 67933
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 67473
20.6%
10
Peru
DKK 66548
21.7%
11
Argentina
DKK 55216
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 75276
11.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 65494
23.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 65078
23.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 63531
25.3%
4
Kenya
DKK 63064
25.8%
5
Angola
DKK 63057
25.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 62100
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 60850
28.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 58702
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 57323
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 57043
32.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 54334
36.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 80771
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 80771
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 78220
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 78220
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 76520
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 75670
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 73842
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 65702
22.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 65092
23.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 48126
43.4%
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.