Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,395 kr
Communal tax
- 8,386 kr
Church tax
- 184 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,100 kr
Net pay
* 33,404 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.1%
Average tax rate
31.1%
68.9%
Net pay
31.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,404 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,100 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,022 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,504 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.98 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.1% tax rate now rises to 46.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,504 kr a year living in the region of Frederiksberg, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,100 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,404 kr per year, or 2,784 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.1% and your marginal tax rate is 30.1%. 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 30.08 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.92 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 699 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,496 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 48504
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 48504
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 46641
3.8%
3
Spain
DKK 45424
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 45015
7.2%
5
Austria
DKK 44569
8.1%
6
Italy
DKK 44046
9.2%
7
France
DKK 43799
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 43169
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 43141
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 42198
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39531
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 39046
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 38961
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38611
20.4%
15
Poland
DKK 38087
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 37906
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 35986
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33589
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 32983
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 32208
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30524
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 28375
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 44327
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37991
21.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 48504
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 48504
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 45867
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 45771
5.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 44211
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 43474
10.4%
6
South Korea
DKK 42853
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 42800
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 42737
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 42612
12.2%
10
India
DKK 40164
17.2%
11
Japan
DKK 39414
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 39391
18.8%
13
Singapore
DKK 38814
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 38415
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35155
27.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 44648
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 44624
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 43920
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 43853
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 43411
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 43169
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 42643
12.1%
7
Brazil
DKK 42605
12.2%
8
Peru
DKK 42441
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 39967
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 38755
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 31479
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45671
5.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 41548
14.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38443
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 38350
20.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 38349
20.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 37637
22.4%
6
Angola
DKK 36351
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36218
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33863
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33587
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 33414
31.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 33232
31.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 46079
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 46079
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44624
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44624
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 43654
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 43169
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 42126
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 38055
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37703
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29576
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Frederiksberg 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.