Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,400 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,273 kr
Communal tax
- 11,146 kr
Church tax
- 467 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,022 kr
Net pay
* 37,378 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.0%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,378 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,022 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,944 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,400 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 46.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,400 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,022 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,378 kr per year, or 3,115 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51400
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43582
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 56400
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 56400
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 53368
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 52680
6.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 51408
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 49774
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 49749
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 49694
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 49367
12.5%
9
Indonesia
DKK 49122
12.9%
10
Japan
DKK 45830
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45470
19.4%
12
Vietnam
DKK 45398
19.5%
13
Singapore
DKK 45146
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 44669
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40387
28.4%
16
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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.