Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
41,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,616 kr
Communal tax
- 7,559 kr
Church tax
- 227 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,538 kr
Net pay
* 27,962 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.6%
67.4%
Net pay
32.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,962 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,538 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,459 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 41,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 49.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 41,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,538 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,962 kr per year, or 2,330 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.6% 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 31.50 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.50 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 37906
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33127
20.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 41500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 41500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 39643
4.5%
3
Thailand
DKK 39213
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37948
8.6%
5
Taiwan
DKK 37827
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 36837
11.2%
7
South Korea
DKK 36736
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 36615
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 36566
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36035
13.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 35487
14.5%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34063
17.9%
13
Japan
DKK 33722
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32868
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31198
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39997
3.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 36614
11.8%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33536
19.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33347
19.7%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33049
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 32800
21.0%
6
Ghana
DKK 31254
24.7%
7
Angola
DKK 31221
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29274
29.5%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29099
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29050
30.0%
11
Uganda
DKK 29034
30.0%
12
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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.