Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
57,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,396 kr
Communal tax
- 11,377 kr
Church tax
- 476 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,385 kr
Net pay
* 38,115 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
38,115 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,385 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,307 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 57,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 46.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 57,500 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,385 kr. That means that your net pay will be 38,115 kr per year, or 3,176 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 57500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 57500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 53849
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 53407
7.1%
4
Switzerland
DKK 53399
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 52216
9.2%
6
France
DKK 51923
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 51175
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 51066
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 50025
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 48888
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 46862
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 46287
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 46187
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 45371
21.1%
15
Poland
DKK 45090
21.6%
16
Greece
DKK 44937
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 42383
26.3%
18
Finland
DKK 39819
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 39100
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 38261
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 36182
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 33638
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 52366
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 44397
22.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 57500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 57500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 54413
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 53643
6.7%
4
Taiwan
DKK 52411
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 50745
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 50709
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 50663
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 50182
12.7%
9
Indonesia
DKK 50029
13.0%
10
Japan
DKK 46724
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 46235
19.6%
12
India
DKK 46209
19.6%
13
Singapore
DKK 46022
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 45540
20.8%
15
China
DKK 41154
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 52929
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 52900
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 52066
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 51987
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 51462
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 51175
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 50313
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 49702
13.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 49263
14.3%
9
Chile
DKK 47380
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 45943
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 37326
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 52957
7.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 47636
17.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 45261
21.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 44571
22.5%
4
Cameroon
DKK 44533
22.6%
5
Kenya
DKK 43890
23.7%
6
Angola
DKK 42939
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 42594
25.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 39982
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 39434
31.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 39222
31.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 38314
33.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 54625
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 54625
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 52900
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 52900
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 51750
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 51175
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 49939
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 45004
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 44450
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 34298
40.4%
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.