Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,339 kr
Communal tax
- 8,729 kr
Church tax
- 145 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,349 kr
Net pay
* 32,651 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,651 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,349 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,271 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.10 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 47.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,000 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,349 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,651 kr per year, or 2,721 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 30.97 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.03 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,452 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43865
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37641
21.6%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45262
5.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 41203
14.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38054
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 38004
20.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 37995
20.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 37289
22.3%
6
Angola
DKK 35982
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35861
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33520
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33259
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 33105
31.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 32947
31.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 45600
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 45600
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44160
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44160
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 43200
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 42720
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 41688
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 37665
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37325
22.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 29283
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Gentofte 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.