Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,559 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,845 kr
Communal tax
- 8,353 kr
Church tax
- 288 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,622 kr
Net pay
* 28,937 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
28,937 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,622 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,544 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 43,559 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.55 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 49.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 43,559 kr a year living in the region of Fredericia, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,622 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,937 kr per year, or 2,411 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.58 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.42 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,371 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 43559
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 43559
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 43559
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42932
1.4%
4
Spain
DKK 40793
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 40406
7.2%
6
Italy
DKK 39556
9.2%
7
France
DKK 39334
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 38768
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 38746
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 37896
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36161
17.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 35501
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 35065
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34891
19.9%
15
Poland
DKK 34204
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 34042
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 32430
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 30165
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 29620
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28881
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 27412
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 25482
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 39792
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 34557
20.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 43559
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 43559
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 41444
4.9%
3
Thailand
DKK 41169
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 39704
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 39573
9.2%
6
Indonesia
DKK 38535
11.5%
7
South Korea
DKK 38534
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 38435
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 38380
11.9%
10
India
DKK 37042
15.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 36305
16.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 35630
18.2%
13
Japan
DKK 35395
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 34499
20.8%
15
China
DKK 32745
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 40096
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 40074
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 39443
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 39382
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38985
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 38768
11.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 38755
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 38681
11.2%
8
Peru
DKK 38114
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35893
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 34804
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 28265
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 41665
4.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 38151
12.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34952
19.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34839
20.0%
4
Mozambique
DKK 34635
20.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 34222
21.4%
6
Angola
DKK 32729
24.9%
7
Ghana
DKK 32713
24.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 30499
30.0%
9
Zambia
DKK 30438
30.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 30376
30.3%
11
Uganda
DKK 30372
30.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 41381
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 41381
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 40074
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 40074
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 39203
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 38768
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 37831
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 34223
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33994
22.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 26696
38.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Fredericia 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.