Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,888 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,438 kr
Communal tax
- 9,681 kr
Church tax
- 364 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,618 kr
Net pay
* 32,270 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,270 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,618 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,540 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,888 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.25 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 48.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,888 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,618 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,270 kr per year, or 2,689 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,343 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 44680
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38257
21.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45982
5.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 41809
14.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38738
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 38619
21.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 38614
21.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 37902
22.5%
6
Angola
DKK 36632
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36490
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34124
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33836
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 33659
31.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 33449
31.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 46444
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 46444
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44977
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44977
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 43999
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 43510
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 42459
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 38353
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37991
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29800
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens 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.