Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,673 kr
Communal tax
- 9,439 kr
Church tax
- 283 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,530 kr
Net pay
* 34,470 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.4%
67.6%
Net pay
32.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,470 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,530 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,452 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 51,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.97 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 46.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,000 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,530 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,470 kr per year, or 2,872 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.4% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 46574
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39732
22.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 46946
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 46920
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 46181
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46110
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 45645
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 45390
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 44629
12.5%
7
Peru
DKK 44625
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 44469
12.8%
9
Chile
DKK 42024
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 40749
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33101
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 48450
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 48450
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 45390
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 44293
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39990
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39575
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30954
39.3%
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.