Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,001 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,672 kr
Communal tax
- 8,093 kr
Church tax
- 239 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,140 kr
Net pay
* 27,861 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
27,861 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,140 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,061 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,001 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.68 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 42,001 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,140 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,861 kr per year, or 2,322 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 42001
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42001
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42001
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 41601
1.0%
4
Spain
DKK 39334
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 38954
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38141
9.2%
7
France
DKK 37927
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37381
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37360
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36541
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36442
13.2%
12
Hungary
DKK 34231
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 33811
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 33718
19.7%
15
Poland
DKK 32981
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 32824
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31270
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29086
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28561
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27833
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26431
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24571
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38363
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33475
20.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42001
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42001
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40081
4.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 39689
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38343
8.7%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38283
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37250
11.3%
7
South Korea
DKK 37174
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37058
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37007
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36280
13.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 35682
15.1%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34444
18.0%
13
Japan
DKK 34129
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33265
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31574
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 38662
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 38641
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38032
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 37974
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 37591
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37511
10.7%
6
Mexico
DKK 37415
10.9%
7
Panama
DKK 37381
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 36751
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 34609
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33559
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27252
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40403
3.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 36988
11.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33881
19.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33710
19.7%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33435
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33146
21.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 31609
24.7%
7
Angola
DKK 31588
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29558
29.6%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29440
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29373
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29360
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 39901
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 39901
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 38641
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 38641
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 37801
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37381
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36478
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33016
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 32826
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25789
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.