Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,880 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,660 kr
Communal tax
- 11,739 kr
Church tax
- 428 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,963 kr
Net pay
* 39,917 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,917 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,963 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,885 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,880 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,880 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,963 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,917 kr per year, or 3,326 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 59880
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 59880
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 56078
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 55617
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 55241
7.8%
5
Italy
DKK 54490
9.0%
6
France
DKK 54072
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 53235
11.1%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 53150
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 52096
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50912
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48802
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 48203
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 48099
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 47159
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46815
21.8%
16
Greece
DKK 46797
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 44030
26.5%
18
Finland
DKK 41467
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40718
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39862
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37679
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 35030
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54457
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46161
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 59880
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 59880
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 56674
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 55725
6.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 54580
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52845
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 52788
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 52659
12.1%
8
Indonesia
DKK 51991
13.2%
9
Philippines
DKK 51966
13.2%
10
Japan
DKK 48658
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48046
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 47916
20.0%
13
India
DKK 47808
20.2%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 47425
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42814
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 55120
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 55090
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 54221
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 54138
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 53593
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 53293
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 52395
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 51507
14.0%
8
Brazil
DKK 50961
14.9%
9
Chile
DKK 49341
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47844
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38873
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54885
8.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 49231
17.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46976
21.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 46210
22.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 46055
23.1%
5
Kenya
DKK 45540
24.0%
6
Angola
DKK 44682
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44281
26.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41601
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40981
31.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 40769
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39659
33.8%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56886
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56886
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 55090
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 55090
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53892
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 53293
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 52006
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46839
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 46235
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35494
40.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.