Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,507 kr
Communal tax
- 11,403 kr
Church tax
- 364 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,409 kr
Net pay
* 39,091 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,091 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,409 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,331 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 58,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.70 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 46.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 58,500 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,409 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,091 kr per year, or 3,258 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.43 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.57 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,379 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 53245
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45138
22.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 58500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 58500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 55363
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 54518
6.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 53322
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 51627
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 51582
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 51540
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 50932
12.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 50854
13.1%
10
Japan
DKK 47536
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 46996
19.7%
12
India
DKK 46881
19.9%
13
Singapore
DKK 46818
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 46332
20.8%
15
China
DKK 41852
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 53849
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 53820
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 52972
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 52891
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 52357
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52065
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 51187
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 50460
13.7%
8
Brazil
DKK 49994
14.5%
9
Chile
DKK 48204
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 46742
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 37976
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 53767
8.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 48320
17.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 45983
21.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45260
22.6%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45179
22.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 44587
23.8%
6
Angola
DKK 43671
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 43302
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 40662
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40084
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 39872
31.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 38879
33.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 55575
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 55575
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 53820
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 53820
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 52650
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52065
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 50807
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 45775
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45200
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 34801
40.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Horsens 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.