Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,416 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,495 kr
Communal tax
- 7,762 kr
Church tax
- 230 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,622 kr
Net pay
* 26,794 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,794 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,622 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,544 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,416 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 50.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,416 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,622 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,794 kr per year, or 2,233 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.65 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.35 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 3,368 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40416
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40416
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40416
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 40241
0.4%
4
Spain
DKK 37850
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37477
7.3%
6
Germany
DKK 36729
9.1%
7
Italy
DKK 36702
9.2%
8
France
DKK 36496
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 35970
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 35950
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 35162
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 32939
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 32535
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 32524
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 31736
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31585
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 30090
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 27988
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27483
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 26767
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25432
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23643
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36916
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32374
19.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40416
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40416
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 38694
4.3%
3
Thailand
DKK 38183
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37093
8.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36839
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35943
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 35789
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 35657
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35611
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35504
12.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 35066
13.2%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33239
17.8%
13
Japan
DKK 32841
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32009
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30383
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39119
3.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 35806
11.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 32791
18.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 32562
19.4%
4
Mozambique
DKK 32215
20.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 32051
20.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 30485
24.6%
7
Angola
DKK 30425
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28662
29.1%
9
Nigeria
DKK 28361
29.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 28352
29.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 28329
29.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38395
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38395
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37183
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37183
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36374
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 35970
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35101
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31787
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31637
21.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 24866
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Egedal 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.