Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,728 kr
Communal tax
- 9,616 kr
Church tax
- 290 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,770 kr
Net pay
* 34,730 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,730 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,770 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,692 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 51,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 46.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,500 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,770 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,730 kr per year, or 2,894 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 47021
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40085
22.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 51500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 51500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 48713
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 48393
6.0%
4
Taiwan
DKK 46942
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 45726
11.2%
6
South Korea
DKK 45469
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 45446
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 45377
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 45082
12.5%
10
India
DKK 42177
18.1%
11
Japan
DKK 41848
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 41671
19.1%
13
Singapore
DKK 41234
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 40788
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36969
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 47406
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 47380
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 46633
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46562
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46092
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 45835
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45062
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45022
12.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 44843
12.9%
9
Chile
DKK 42436
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41148
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33426
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48097
6.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 43561
15.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 40742
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40437
21.5%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40409
21.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 39706
22.9%
6
Angola
DKK 38545
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 38341
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35901
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35534
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35337
31.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 34924
32.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 48925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 48925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 47380
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 47380
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 46350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 45835
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 44728
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 40377
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39950
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 31213
39.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.