Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
41,808 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,650 kr
Communal tax
- 8,053 kr
Church tax
- 238 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,077 kr
Net pay
* 27,731 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,731 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,077 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,998 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 41,808 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 50.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 41,808 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,077 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,731 kr per year, or 2,311 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.36 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 41808
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 41808
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 41808
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 41436
0.9%
4
Spain
DKK 39153
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 38774
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 37966
9.2%
7
France
DKK 37753
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37209
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37188
11.1%
10
Germany
DKK 36477
12.8%
11
Russia
DKK 36373
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 34074
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 33655
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 33573
19.7%
15
Poland
DKK 32829
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 32673
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31126
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 28952
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28429
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27703
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26309
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24458
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38187
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33341
20.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 41808
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 41808
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 39912
4.5%
3
Thailand
DKK 39506
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38191
8.7%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38108
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37091
11.3%
7
South Korea
DKK 37005
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 36887
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 36837
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36185
13.5%
11
Singapore
DKK 35606
14.8%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34297
18.0%
13
Japan
DKK 33973
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33112
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31429
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 38484
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 38463
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 37857
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 37799
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 37418
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37354
10.7%
6
Mexico
DKK 37258
10.9%
7
Panama
DKK 37209
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 36582
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 34450
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33405
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27126
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40247
3.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 36844
11.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33748
19.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33570
19.7%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33287
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33012
21.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 31472
24.7%
7
Angola
DKK 31447
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29448
29.6%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29308
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29249
30.0%
11
Uganda
DKK 29234
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 39718
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 39718
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 38463
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 38463
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 37627
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37209
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36310
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 32866
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 32681
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25676
38.6%
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.