Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
50,496 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,617 kr
Communal tax
- 9,101 kr
Church tax
- 288 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,141 kr
Net pay
* 34,355 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
32.0%
68.0%
Net pay
32.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,355 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,141 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,063 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 50,496 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.95 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 32% tax rate now rises to 46.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 50,496 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,141 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,355 kr per year, or 2,863 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 32.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.0%. 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 31.01 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.99 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 690 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,450 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 46123
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39377
22.0%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 47284
6.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 42887
15.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39976
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39745
21.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39719
21.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 39013
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37810
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37630
25.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35218
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 34881
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34692
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34357
32.0%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Herlev 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.