Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,118 kr
Communal tax
- 10,853 kr
Church tax
- 454 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,560 kr
Net pay
* 36,440 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
Summary
If you make 55,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,560 kr. That means that your net pay will be 36,440 kr per year, or 3,037 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 32.98 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.02 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 55000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 55000
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 51513
6.3%
3
Spain
DKK 51508
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 51069
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 49945
9.2%
6
France
DKK 49665
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 48950
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 48877
11.1%
9
Russia
DKK 47850
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 46763
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 44825
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 44275
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 44179
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 43496
20.9%
15
Poland
DKK 43188
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 42983
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 40605
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 38087
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 37400
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 36579
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 34610
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 32175
41.5%
23
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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.