Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
57,512 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,397 kr
Communal tax
- 10,586 kr
Church tax
- 393 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,511 kr
Net pay
* 39,001 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
32.2%
67.8%
Net pay
32.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,001 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,511 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,433 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 57,512 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.2% tax rate now rises to 45.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 57,512 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,511 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,001 kr per year, or 3,250 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.2% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,432 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 52377
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 44406
22.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 52940
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 52911
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 52077
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 51997
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 51473
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 51186
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 50323
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 49711
13.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 49272
14.3%
9
Chile
DKK 47390
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 45952
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 37334
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 54636
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 54636
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 52911
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 52911
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 51761
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 51186
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 49949
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 45013
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 44459
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 34304
40.4%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Billund 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.