Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
50,496 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,617 kr
Communal tax
- 9,216 kr
Church tax
- 154 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,122 kr
Net pay
* 34,374 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.9%
68.1%
Net pay
31.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,374 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,122 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,044 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 50,496 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.9% tax rate now rises to 46.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 50,496 kr a year living in the region of Gentofte, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,122 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,374 kr per year, or 2,864 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.9% 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 46123
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39377
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 50496
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 50496
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 47759
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47514
5.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 46027
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44971
10.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 44592
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 44559
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44492
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 44254
12.4%
10
India
DKK 41502
17.8%
11
Japan
DKK 41032
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40907
19.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 40423
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39993
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36269
28.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 47284
6.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 42887
15.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39976
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39745
21.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39719
21.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 39013
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37810
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37630
25.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35218
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 34881
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34692
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34357
32.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 47971
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 47971
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46456
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46456
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45446
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 44941
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 43856
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39599
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39197
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30692
39.2%
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.