Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,284 kr
Communal tax
- 11,297 kr
Church tax
- 424 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,142 kr
Net pay
* 37,358 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
33.9%
66.1%
Net pay
33.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,358 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,142 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,063 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.9% tax rate now rises to 47.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,500 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,142 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,358 kr per year, or 3,113 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.9% 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 51488
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43656
22.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 52147
7.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 46952
16.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44508
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43882
22.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43846
22.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 43190
23.6%
6
Angola
DKK 42207
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41885
25.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 39302
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38784
31.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 38572
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37749
33.2%
12
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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.