Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
61,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,785 kr
Communal tax
- 11,971 kr
Church tax
- 437 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,328 kr
Net pay
* 40,672 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
40,672 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,328 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
34,250 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 61,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 45.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 61,000 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,328 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,672 kr per year, or 3,389 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 32.63 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.37 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 55441
9.1%
1
Canada
DKK 46992
23.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 61000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 61000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 57738
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 56645
7.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 55601
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 53834
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 53766
11.9%
7
New Zealand
DKK 53567
12.2%
8
Indonesia
DKK 52915
13.3%
9
Philippines
DKK 52806
13.4%
10
Japan
DKK 49568
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 48898
19.8%
12
Singapore
DKK 48808
20.0%
13
India
DKK 48561
20.4%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 48312
20.8%
15
China
DKK 43595
28.5%
16
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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.