Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,501 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
* 28,648 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
28,648 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,853 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,775 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,501 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 42,501 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 28,648 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38821
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33822
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42501
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42501
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40519
4.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 40164
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38738
8.9%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38739
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37662
11.4%
7
South Korea
DKK 37610
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37500
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37448
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36525
14.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 35882
15.6%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34825
18.1%
13
Japan
DKK 34536
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33661
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31950
24.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40808
4.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 37361
12.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34224
19.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34073
19.8%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33820
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33491
21.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 31963
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 31954
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29840
29.8%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29780
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29695
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29685
30.2%
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.