Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,488 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,617 kr
Communal tax
- 11,209 kr
Church tax
- 338 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,300 kr
Net pay
* 40,188 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,188 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,300 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,222 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,488 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.58 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 45.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,488 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,300 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,188 kr per year, or 3,349 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 59488
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 59488
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 55711
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 55252
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 54939
7.7%
5
Italy
DKK 54021
9.2%
6
France
DKK 53718
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 52932
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 52806
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 51755
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50578
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48483
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 47888
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 47784
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 46865
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46531
21.8%
16
Greece
DKK 46490
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 43771
26.4%
18
Finland
DKK 41195
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40452
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39598
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37433
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 34800
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54112
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45871
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 59488
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 59488
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 56302
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 55382
6.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 54223
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52499
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 52445
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 52341
12.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 51672
13.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 51668
13.2%
10
Japan
DKK 48339
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 47748
19.7%
12
Singapore
DKK 47604
20.0%
13
India
DKK 47545
20.1%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 47114
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42541
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54759
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54729
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53866
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53784
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 53242
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52944
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 52052
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 51210
13.9%
8
Brazil
DKK 50687
14.8%
9
Chile
DKK 49018
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47531
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38618
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54568
8.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 48973
17.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46694
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45940
22.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45806
23.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 45269
23.9%
6
Angola
DKK 44395
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44003
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41334
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40726
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40514
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39438
33.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56514
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56514
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54729
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54729
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53539
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52944
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51665
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46537
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45941
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35297
40.7%
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.