Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,848 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,543 kr
Communal tax
- 7,974 kr
Church tax
- 299 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,953 kr
Net pay
* 26,895 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,895 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,953 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,874 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,848 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 50.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,848 kr a year living in the region of Kerteminde -, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,953 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,895 kr per year, or 2,241 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,343 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40848
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40848
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40848
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 40612
0.6%
4
Spain
DKK 38254
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37879
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 37094
9.2%
7
France
DKK 36886
9.7%
8
Germany
DKK 36651
10.3%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 36355
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 36334
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 35538
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 33291
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 32883
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 32850
19.6%
15
Poland
DKK 32075
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31923
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 30411
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 28287
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27777
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27057
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25704
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23896
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 37310
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32674
20.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40848
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40848
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 39072
4.4%
3
Thailand
DKK 38594
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37434
8.4%
5
Taiwan
DKK 37233
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 36299
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 36167
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 36039
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35991
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35715
12.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 35234
13.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33567
17.8%
13
Japan
DKK 33193
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32352
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30707
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 37601
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 37580
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 36988
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 36931
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 36572
10.5%
5
Costa Rica
DKK 36559
10.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 36479
10.7%
7
Panama
DKK 36355
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 35742
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 33659
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 32638
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 26502
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39469
3.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 36128
11.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33088
19.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 32875
19.5%
4
Mozambique
DKK 32547
20.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 32349
20.8%
6
Ghana
DKK 30792
24.6%
7
Angola
DKK 30743
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28906
29.2%
9
Nigeria
DKK 28655
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 28631
29.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 28610
30.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38806
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38806
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37580
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37580
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36763
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 36355
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35476
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 32122
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31961
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25117
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kerteminde - 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.