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That depends on if it's before or after tax. If after: 46k DKK out monthly is top of the line given our own crushing taxes. If before, yeah not good.

Denmark doesn't have employer taxes, unlike the rest of Europe, making salaries look much larger.

Really? Not in Sweden though. What do you think accounts for this difference?

Tax burden on Danish salaries is borne by employees post-tax rather than businesses. This tends to inflate net take home pay.

Post-tax taxes?

Just remove that word - I failed to properly edit the sentence.

The social insurance (arbetsgivaravgift in Sweden IIRC) is paid by the employee.

Apart from that, many compare the salaries in Copenhagen and Malmö, which is obviously unfair with Copenhagen being the national capital, while Malmö was a run-down hole the last time I was there. I assume tech wages in Stockholm are more comparable.