Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,229 kr
Communal tax
- 10,514 kr
Church tax
- 317 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,196 kr
Net pay
* 37,804 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.5%
67.5%
Net pay
32.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,804 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,196 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,117 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.5% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,196 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,804 kr per year, or 3,150 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.5% 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 51046
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43285
22.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51548
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51520
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 50708
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 50630
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50120
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 49840
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49000
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48548
13.3%
8
Brazil
DKK 48167
14.0%
9
Chile
DKK 46144
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 44744
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36351
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 51742
7.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 46610
16.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44131
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43537
22.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43502
22.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 42840
23.5%
6
Angola
DKK 41840
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41531
25.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 38962
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38459
31.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 38247
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37467
33.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53200
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53200
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51520
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51520
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50400
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 49840
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 48636
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 43847
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43325
22.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 33545
40.1%
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.