Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
52,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,784 kr
Communal tax
- 9,391 kr
Church tax
- 297 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,608 kr
Net pay
* 35,392 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.0%
Average tax rate
31.9%
68.1%
Net pay
31.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
35,392 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,608 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,529 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 52,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.87 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.9% tax rate now rises to 46.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 52,000 kr a year living in the region of Herlev, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,608 kr. That means that your net pay will be 35,392 kr per year, or 2,949 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.9% 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 47469
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40438
22.2%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 47866
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 47840
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 47086
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 47014
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46540
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 46280
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45500
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45414
12.7%
8
Brazil
DKK 45216
13.1%
9
Chile
DKK 42848
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41548
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33751
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48502
6.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 43896
15.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 41119
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40781
21.6%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40753
21.6%
5
Kenya
DKK 40052
23.0%
6
Angola
DKK 38911
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 38696
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 36241
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35859
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35658
31.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 35207
32.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 49400
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 49400
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 47840
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 47840
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 46800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 46280
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 45162
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 40763
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 40325
22.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 31472
39.5%
10
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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.