Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,968 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,559 kr
Communal tax
- 11,500 kr
Church tax
- 367 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,561 kr
Net pay
* 39,407 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
39,407 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,561 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,483 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 58,968 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.68 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 58,968 kr a year living in the region of Horsens, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,561 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,407 kr per year, or 3,284 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 32.44 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.56 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 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 58968
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 58968
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 55224
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 54767
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 54538
7.5%
5
Italy
DKK 53549
9.2%
6
France
DKK 53248
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 52482
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 52351
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 51302
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50136
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48059
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 47469
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 47366
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 46474
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46154
21.7%
16
Greece
DKK 46084
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 43427
26.4%
18
Finland
DKK 40835
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40098
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39248
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37106
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 34496
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 53656
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45485
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 58968
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 58968
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 55808
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 54927
6.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 53749
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52040
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 51991
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 51919
12.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 51283
13.0%
9
Indonesia
DKK 51239
13.1%
10
Japan
DKK 47917
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 47352
19.7%
12
India
DKK 47195
20.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 47190
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 46703
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42178
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54280
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54251
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53396
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53314
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 52776
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52482
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 51597
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 50815
13.8%
8
Brazil
DKK 50323
14.7%
9
Chile
DKK 48590
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47115
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38280
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54146
8.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 48632
17.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46319
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45582
22.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45476
22.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 44910
23.8%
6
Angola
DKK 44014
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 43634
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 40980
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40388
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40176
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39144
33.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56020
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56020
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54250
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54251
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53071
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52482
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51214
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46136
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45551
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35036
40.6%
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.