Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,940 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,333 kr
Communal tax
- 11,260 kr
Church tax
- 471 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,200 kr
Net pay
* 37,740 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
37,740 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,200 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,122 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,940 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 46.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,940 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,200 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,740 kr per year, or 3,145 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 56940
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 56940
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 53324
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52975
7.0%
4
Switzerland
DKK 52877
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 51707
9.2%
6
France
DKK 51417
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 50677
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 50576
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 49538
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 48412
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 46406
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 45837
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 45737
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44951
21.1%
15
Poland
DKK 44684
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 44499
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41985
26.3%
18
Finland
DKK 39431
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 38719
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37884
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35830
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 33310
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51874
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43982
22.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 56940
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 56940
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 53881
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 53153
6.7%
4
Taiwan
DKK 51900
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 50251
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 50220
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 50170
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 49766
12.6%
9
Indonesia
DKK 49567
13.0%
10
Japan
DKK 46269
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45833
19.5%
12
Vietnam
DKK 45809
19.6%
13
Singapore
DKK 45576
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 45096
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40763
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 52413
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 52385
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 51559
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 51480
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50961
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 50677
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49822
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 49277
13.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 48854
14.2%
9
Chile
DKK 46919
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 45495
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36962
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 52504
7.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 47253
17.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44839
21.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 44185
22.4%
4
Cameroon
DKK 44148
22.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 43498
23.6%
6
Angola
DKK 42529
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 42197
25.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 39601
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 39070
31.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 38858
31.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 37998
33.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 54093
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 54093
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 52385
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 52385
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 51246
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 50677
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 49452
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 44572
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 44030
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 34017
40.3%
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.