Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
54,080 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,015 kr
Communal tax
- 10,048 kr
Church tax
- 302 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,501 kr
Net pay
* 36,579 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
36,579 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,501 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,422 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 54,080 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.81 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.4% tax rate now rises to 46.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 54,080 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,501 kr. That means that your net pay will be 36,579 kr per year, or 3,048 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 31.50 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 49329
8.8%
1
Canada
DKK 41906
22.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 49781
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 49754
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 48969
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 48895
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 48402
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 48131
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 47320
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 47044
13.0%
8
Brazil
DKK 46763
13.5%
9
Chile
DKK 44562
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 43210
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 35103
35.1%
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.