Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,144 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,355 kr
Communal tax
- 9,377 kr
Church tax
- 350 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,218 kr
Net pay
* 31,926 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
31,926 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,218 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,140 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,144 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.26 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 48.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,144 kr a year living in the region of Favrskov, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,218 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31,926 kr per year, or 2,660 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.81 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.19 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,360 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 48144
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 48144
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 46371
3.7%
3
Spain
DKK 45087
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 44679
7.2%
5
Austria
DKK 44587
7.4%
6
Italy
DKK 43720
9.2%
7
France
DKK 43474
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 42848
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 42821
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 41885
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39237
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 38756
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 38672
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38340
20.4%
15
Poland
DKK 37805
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 37625
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 35730
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33340
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 32738
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 31966
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30297
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 28164
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43997
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37741
21.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 48144
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 48144
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 45525
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 45456
5.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 43883
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 43190
10.3%
6
South Korea
DKK 42538
11.6%
7
Malaysia
DKK 42482
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 42420
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 42315
12.1%
10
India
DKK 39922
17.1%
11
Japan
DKK 39121
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 39118
18.8%
13
Singapore
DKK 38523
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 38130
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35006
27.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 44317
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 44292
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 43594
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 43528
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 43089
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 42848
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 42357
12.0%
7
Brazil
DKK 42336
12.1%
8
Peru
DKK 42126
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 39671
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 38467
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 31245
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45379
5.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 41302
14.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38165
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 38103
20.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 38097
20.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 37388
22.3%
6
Angola
DKK 36087
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35963
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33618
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33353
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 33193
31.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 33028
31.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 45737
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 45737
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44293
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44293
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 43330
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 42848
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 41813
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 37776
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37433
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29366
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Favrskov 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.