Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,562 kr
Communal tax
- 11,692 kr
Church tax
- 489 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,880 kr
Net pay
* 39,120 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
39,120 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,880 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,801 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 46.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,000 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,880 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,120 kr per year, or 3,260 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 59000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 59000
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 55253
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 54797
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 54563
7.5%
5
Italy
DKK 53578
9.2%
6
France
DKK 53277
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 52510
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 52379
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 51330
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50163
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48085
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 47495
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 47392
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 46498
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46177
21.7%
16
Greece
DKK 46109
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 43449
26.4%
18
Finland
DKK 40857
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40120
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39270
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37126
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 34515
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 53684
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45509
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 59000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 59000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 55838
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 54955
6.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 53778
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52068
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 52019
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 51945
12.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 51307
13.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 51266
13.1%
10
Japan
DKK 47943
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 47376
19.7%
12
India
DKK 47217
20.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 47216
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 46728
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42200
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54310
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54280
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53425
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53343
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 52805
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52510
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 51625
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 50840
13.8%
8
Brazil
DKK 50345
14.7%
9
Chile
DKK 48616
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47141
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38301
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54172
8.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 48653
17.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46343
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45604
22.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45497
22.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 44932
23.8%
6
Angola
DKK 44037
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 43657
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41002
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40409
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40197
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39162
33.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56050
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56050
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54280
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54280
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53100
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52510
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51242
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46160
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45575
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35052
40.6%
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.