Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
41,925 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,663 kr
Communal tax
- 8,014 kr
Church tax
- 226 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,039 kr
Net pay
* 27,886 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,886 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,039 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,961 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 41,925 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.67 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 50.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 41,925 kr a year living in the region of Ballerup, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,039 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,886 kr per year, or 2,324 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 41925
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 41925
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 41925
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 41536
0.9%
4
Spain
DKK 39263
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 38883
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38072
9.2%
7
France
DKK 37858
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37313
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37292
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36475
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36456
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 34169
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 33750
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 33661
19.7%
15
Poland
DKK 32921
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 32765
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31213
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29033
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28509
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27782
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26383
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24526
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38294
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33422
20.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 41925
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 41925
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40015
4.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 39617
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38283
8.7%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38214
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37187
11.3%
7
South Korea
DKK 37107
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 36991
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 36940
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36243
13.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 35652
15.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34386
18.0%
13
Japan
DKK 34068
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33205
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31517
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 38592
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 38571
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 37963
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 37905
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 37523
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37449
10.7%
6
Mexico
DKK 37353
10.9%
7
Panama
DKK 37313
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 36684
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 34546
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33498
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27202
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40342
3.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 36931
11.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33828
19.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33655
19.7%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33377
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33093
21.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 31555
24.7%
7
Angola
DKK 31533
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29515
29.6%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29388
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29324
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29310
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 39829
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 39829
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 38571
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 38571
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 37733
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37313
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36412
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 32957
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 32769
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25744
38.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ballerup 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.