Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,284 kr
Communal tax
- 11,167 kr
Church tax
- 467 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,055 kr
Net pay
* 37,445 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
37,445 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,055 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,977 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,500 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 56,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,055 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,445 kr per year, or 3,120 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 32.98 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 56500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 56500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 52912
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52638
6.8%
4
Switzerland
DKK 52467
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 51308
9.2%
6
France
DKK 51019
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 50285
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 50190
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 49155
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 48038
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 46048
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 45482
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 45384
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44621
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 44365
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 44155
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41672
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 39126
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 38420
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37588
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35553
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 33052
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51488
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43656
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 56500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 56500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 53463
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 52768
6.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 51499
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 49862
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 49836
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 49782
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 49441
12.5%
9
Indonesia
DKK 49205
12.9%
10
Japan
DKK 45911
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45537
19.4%
12
Vietnam
DKK 45474
19.5%
13
Singapore
DKK 45226
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 44748
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40457
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 52008
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51980
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 51161
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 51083
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50568
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 50285
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49437
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48940
13.4%
8
Brazil
DKK 48532
14.1%
9
Chile
DKK 46556
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 45144
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36676
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 52147
7.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 46952
16.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44508
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43882
22.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43846
22.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 43190
23.6%
6
Angola
DKK 42207
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41885
25.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 39302
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38784
31.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 38572
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37749
33.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53675
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53675
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51980
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51980
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50850
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 50285
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 49070
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 44233
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43700
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 33796
40.2%
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.