Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,428 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,497 kr
Communal tax
- 7,347 kr
Church tax
- 221 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,200 kr
Net pay
* 27,228 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.7%
67.3%
Net pay
32.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,228 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,200 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,122 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,428 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.7% tax rate now rises to 49.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,428 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,200 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,228 kr per year, or 2,269 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.7% and your marginal tax rate is 31.5%. 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 31.51 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.49 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 685 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,425 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40428
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40428
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40428
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 40251
0.4%
4
Spain
DKK 37861
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37488
7.3%
6
Germany
DKK 36726
9.2%
7
Italy
DKK 36713
9.2%
8
France
DKK 36506
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 35981
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 35961
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 35172
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 32949
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 32545
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 32534
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 31746
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31595
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 30099
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 27996
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27491
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 26775
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25440
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23650
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36927
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32382
19.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40428
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40428
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 38705
4.3%
3
Thailand
DKK 38195
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37102
8.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36850
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35953
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 35800
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 35668
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35621
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35510
12.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 35071
13.3%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33248
17.8%
13
Japan
DKK 32851
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32019
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30392
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 37214
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 37194
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 36608
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 36552
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 36230
10.4%
5
Costa Rica
DKK 36183
10.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 36138
10.6%
7
Panama
DKK 35981
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 35375
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 33313
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 32302
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 26229
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39129
3.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 35815
11.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 32800
18.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 32570
19.4%
4
Mozambique
DKK 32224
20.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 32059
20.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 30494
24.6%
7
Angola
DKK 30434
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28669
29.1%
9
Nigeria
DKK 28370
29.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 28360
29.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 28337
29.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38407
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38407
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37194
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37194
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36385
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 35981
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35112
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31796
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31646
21.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 24873
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Greve 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.