Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,727 kr
Communal tax
- 7,757 kr
Church tax
- 233 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,853 kr
Net pay
* 28,647 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
28,647 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,853 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,774 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.54 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.6% tax rate now rises to 49.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,500 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,853 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,647 kr per year, or 2,387 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42500
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42500
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42500
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42030
1.1%
4
Spain
DKK 39801
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 39419
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38594
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38377
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37825
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37804
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36975
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36352
14.5%
12
Hungary
DKK 34637
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 34212
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34094
19.8%
15
Poland
DKK 33373
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 33214
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31641
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29431
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28900
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28169
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26745
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24863
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38821
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33821
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40518
4.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 40163
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38737
8.9%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38738
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37662
11.4%
7
South Korea
DKK 37609
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37499
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37447
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36524
14.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 35881
15.6%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34824
18.1%
13
Japan
DKK 34535
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33660
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31949
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 39121
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 39100
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38484
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 38425
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38037
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37917
10.8%
6
Panama
DKK 37825
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 37821
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 37188
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35020
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33957
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27576
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40807
4.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 37360
12.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34224
19.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34072
19.8%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33819
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33490
21.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 31962
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 31954
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29839
29.8%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29779
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29694
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29684
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 40375
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 40375
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 39100
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 39100
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 38250
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37825
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36911
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33402
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33200
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 26079
38.6%
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.