Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
50,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,561 kr
Communal tax
- 9,803 kr
Church tax
- 410 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,911 kr
Net pay
* 33,089 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,089 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,911 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,832 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 50,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.17 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 48.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 50,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,911 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,089 kr per year, or 2,757 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 33.0%. 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 32.99 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.01 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 670 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,351 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 50000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 50000
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 47763
4.5%
3
Spain
DKK 46825
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 46409
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 45405
9.2%
6
France
DKK 45150
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 44500
11.0%
8
Austria
DKK 44497
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 44471
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 43500
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 40750
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 40250
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 40163
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 39737
20.5%
15
Poland
DKK 39262
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 39075
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 37050
25.9%
18
Finland
DKK 34625
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 34000
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 33215
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 31465
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 29250
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 45680
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 39030
21.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 50000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 50000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 47288
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47080
5.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 45574
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44598
10.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 44159
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 44121
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44055
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 43845
12.3%
10
India
DKK 41169
17.7%
11
Japan
DKK 40629
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40530
18.9%
13
Singapore
DKK 40022
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39600
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35923
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 46025
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 46000
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 45275
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 45206
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 44750
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 44500
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 43833
12.3%
7
Peru
DKK 43750
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 43722
12.6%
9
Chile
DKK 41200
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39950
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 32451
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46882
6.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 42554
14.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39594
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39399
21.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39378
21.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 38670
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37446
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37278
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34880
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 34559
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34373
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34077
31.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 47500
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 47500
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46000
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46000
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 44500
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 43425
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39215
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 38825
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30435
39.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Faxe 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.