Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,040 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,567 kr
Communal tax
- 11,700 kr
Church tax
- 490 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,893 kr
Net pay
* 39,147 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
39,147 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,893 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,815 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,040 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
46.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 46.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,040 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,893 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,147 kr per year, or 3,262 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 59040
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 59040
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 55291
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 54834
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 54594
7.5%
5
Italy
DKK 53614
9.2%
6
France
DKK 53313
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 52546
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 52414
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 51365
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50197
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48118
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 47527
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 47424
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 46528
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46206
21.7%
16
Greece
DKK 46140
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 43475
26.4%
18
Finland
DKK 40885
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40147
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39297
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37151
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 34538
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 53719
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45539
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 59040
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 59040
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 55876
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 54990
6.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 53814
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52104
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 52054
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 51978
12.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 51337
13.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 51299
13.1%
10
Japan
DKK 47975
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 47407
19.7%
12
Singapore
DKK 47248
20.0%
13
India
DKK 47244
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 46760
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42228
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54346
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54317
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53461
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53379
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 52841
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52546
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 51660
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 50870
13.8%
8
Brazil
DKK 50373
14.7%
9
Chile
DKK 48649
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47173
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38327
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54205
8.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 48679
17.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46371
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45632
22.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45522
22.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 44960
23.9%
6
Angola
DKK 44067
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 43685
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41029
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40435
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40223
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39185
33.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56088
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56088
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54317
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54317
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53136
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52546
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51276
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46191
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45605
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35072
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.