Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,488 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,617 kr
Communal tax
- 11,795 kr
Church tax
- 494 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 20,041 kr
Net pay
* 39,447 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
39,447 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
20,041 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,962 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,488 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.71 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 59,488 kr a year living in the region of Faxe, Denmark, you will be taxed 20,041 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,447 kr per year, or 3,287 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54112
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45871
22.9%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54568
8.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 48973
17.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46694
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45940
22.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45806
23.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 45269
23.9%
6
Angola
DKK 44395
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44003
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41334
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40726
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40514
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39438
33.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56514
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56514
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54729
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54729
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53539
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52944
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51665
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46537
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45941
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35297
40.7%
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.