Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,984 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,781 kr
Communal tax
- 8,266 kr
Church tax
- 258 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,441 kr
Net pay
* 28,543 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
28,543 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,441 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,363 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,984 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 49.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,984 kr a year living in the region of Albertslund, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,441 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,543 kr per year, or 2,379 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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 32.60 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.40 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 3,370 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42984
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42984
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42984
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42445
1.3%
4
Spain
DKK 40254
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 39870
7.2%
6
Italy
DKK 39034
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38814
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 38256
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 38234
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 37396
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36265
15.6%
12
Hungary
DKK 35032
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 34602
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34458
19.8%
15
Poland
DKK 33753
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 33592
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 32002
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29766
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 29229
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28494
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 27050
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 25146
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 39264
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 34157
20.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42984
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42984
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40941
4.8%
3
Thailand
DKK 40623
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 39179
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 39119
9.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 38061
11.5%
7
South Korea
DKK 38032
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37927
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37873
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36761
14.5%
11
Singapore
DKK 36075
16.1%
12
Vietnam
DKK 35192
18.1%
13
Japan
DKK 34928
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 34043
20.8%
15
China
DKK 32313
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 39567
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 39545
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38922
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 38862
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38471
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 38303
10.9%
6
Panama
DKK 38256
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 38214
11.1%
8
Peru
DKK 37611
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35419
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 34344
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27891
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 41199
4.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 37722
12.2%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34556
19.6%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34423
19.9%
4
Mozambique
DKK 34192
20.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 33825
21.3%
6
Ghana
DKK 32306
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 32308
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 30113
29.9%
9
Nigeria
DKK 30108
30.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 30006
30.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 29999
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 40835
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 40835
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 39545
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 39545
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 38686
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 38256
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 37332
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33777
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33563
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 26361
38.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Albertslund 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.