Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,988 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,227 kr
Communal tax
- 10,426 kr
Church tax
- 313 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,102 kr
Net pay
* 37,886 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.5%
Average tax rate
32.3%
67.7%
Net pay
32.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,886 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,102 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,023 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 55,988 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.72 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32.3% tax rate now rises to 45.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 55,988 kr a year living in the region of Greve, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,102 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,886 kr per year, or 3,157 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.3% 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 51035
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43276
22.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53189
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53189
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51509
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51509
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50389
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 49829
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 48626
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 43838
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43316
22.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 33539
40.1%
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.