Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
87,360 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 9,717 kr
Communal tax
- 16,003 kr
Church tax
- 609 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 27,464 kr
Net pay
* 59,896 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.4%
68.6%
Net pay
31.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
59,896 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
27,464 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
41,386 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 87,360 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 4.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
40.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.4% tax rate now rises to 40.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 9.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 87,360 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 27,464 kr. That means that your net pay will be 59,896 kr per year, or 4,991 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.4% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 87360
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 87360
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 81813
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 81229
7.0%
4
France
DKK 78551
10.1%
5
Norway
DKK 78130
10.6%
6
Italy
DKK 77245
11.6%
7
Luxembourg
DKK 76879
12.0%
8
Russia
DKK 76003
13.0%
9
Austria
DKK 74276
15.0%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 73713
15.6%
11
Hungary
DKK 71198
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 70325
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 70172
19.7%
14
Greece
DKK 68061
22.1%
15
Sweden
DKK 67556
22.7%
16
Poland
DKK 64512
26.2%
17
Portugal
DKK 61764
29.3%
18
Finland
DKK 60497
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 59405
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 58350
33.2%
21
Netherlands
DKK 54977
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 51106
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 78579
10.1%
1
Canada
DKK 66532
23.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 86643
0.8%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 82992
5.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 81529
6.7%
3
Taiwan
DKK 79628
8.9%
4
Pakistan
DKK 77654
11.1%
5
South Korea
DKK 76579
12.3%
6
Malaysia
DKK 75351
13.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 74948
14.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 74649
14.6%
9
Philippines
DKK 72576
16.9%
10
Japan
DKK 70988
18.7%
11
Singapore
DKK 69916
20.0%
12
Kazakhstan
DKK 69189
20.8%
13
Vietnam
DKK 68032
22.1%
14
India
DKK 65840
24.6%
15
China
DKK 61981
29.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 80378
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 79125
9.4%
2
Ecuador
DKK 78996
9.6%
3
Guatemala
DKK 78983
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 78187
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 77473
11.3%
6
Mexico
DKK 72355
17.2%
7
Chile
DKK 71834
17.8%
8
Uruguay
DKK 69801
20.1%
9
Brazil
DKK 68931
21.1%
10
Peru
DKK 68307
21.8%
11
Argentina
DKK 56735
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 77124
11.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 67002
23.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 66762
23.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 65084
25.5%
4
Angola
DKK 64761
25.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 64701
25.9%
6
Ghana
DKK 63757
27.0%
7
Cameroon
DKK 62213
28.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 60293
31.0%
9
Uganda
DKK 58843
32.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 58562
33.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 55771
36.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 82992
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 82992
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 80371
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 80371
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 78624
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 77750
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 75872
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 67455
22.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 66845
23.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 49252
43.6%
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.