Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
43,164 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,801 kr
Communal tax
- 8,239 kr
Church tax
- 318 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,493 kr
Net pay
* 28,671 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
28,671 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,493 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,415 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 43,164 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.58 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 49.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 43,164 kr a year living in the region of Hedensted, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,493 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,671 kr per year, or 2,389 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.58 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.42 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,371 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 43164
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 43164
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 43164
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42600
1.3%
4
Spain
DKK 40423
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 40038
7.2%
6
Italy
DKK 39197
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38977
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 38416
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 38394
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 37553
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36233
16.1%
12
Hungary
DKK 35179
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 34747
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34594
19.9%
15
Poland
DKK 33894
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 33733
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 32136
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29891
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 29352
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28615
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 27163
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 25251
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 39430
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 34282
20.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 43164
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 43164
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 41099
4.8%
3
Thailand
DKK 40794
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 39344
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 39261
9.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 38209
11.5%
7
South Korea
DKK 38189
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 38086
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 38032
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36849
14.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 36147
16.3%
12
Vietnam
DKK 35329
18.2%
13
Japan
DKK 35074
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 34186
20.8%
15
China
DKK 32449
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 39732
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 39711
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 39085
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 39025
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38632
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 38444
10.9%
6
Panama
DKK 38416
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 38360
11.1%
8
Peru
DKK 37768
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35567
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 34488
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 28008
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 41345
4.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 37856
12.3%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34680
19.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34553
20.0%
4
Mozambique
DKK 34331
20.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 33949
21.4%
6
Angola
DKK 32440
24.8%
7
Ghana
DKK 32433
24.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 30231
30.0%
9
Zambia
DKK 30215
30.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 30122
30.2%
11
Uganda
DKK 30116
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 41006
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 41006
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 39711
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 39711
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 38848
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 38416
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 37488
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33917
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33698
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 26466
38.7%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Hedensted 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.