Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,618 kr
Communal tax
- 11,751 kr
Church tax
- 348 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,853 kr
Net pay
* 39,647 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,647 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,853 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,774 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.68 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 46.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,500 kr a year living in the region of Egedal, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,853 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,647 kr per year, or 3,304 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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 59500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 59500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 55722
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 55263
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 54948
7.7%
5
Italy
DKK 54032
9.2%
6
France
DKK 53729
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 52942
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 52817
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 51765
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50589
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48493
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 47898
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 47793
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 46874
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46540
21.8%
16
Greece
DKK 46500
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 43779
26.4%
18
Finland
DKK 41204
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40460
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39606
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37440
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 34808
41.5%
23
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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.