Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,144 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,688 kr
Communal tax
- 8,249 kr
Church tax
- 310 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,382 kr
Net pay
* 27,762 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
34.1%
65.9%
Net pay
34.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,762 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,382 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,304 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,144 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.72 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.1% tax rate now rises to 50.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,144 kr a year living in the region of Kerteminde -, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,382 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,762 kr per year, or 2,313 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.1% 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 42144
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42144
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42144
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 41724
1.0%
4
Spain
DKK 39468
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 39087
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38271
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38056
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37508
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37487
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36665
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36417
13.6%
12
Hungary
DKK 34347
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 33926
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 33826
19.7%
15
Poland
DKK 33093
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 32936
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31376
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29185
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28658
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27929
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26521
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24654
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38494
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33574
20.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42144
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42144
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40206
4.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 39825
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38456
8.8%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38414
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37368
11.3%
7
South Korea
DKK 37299
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37184
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37133
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36350
13.8%
11
Singapore
DKK 35739
15.2%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34553
18.0%
13
Japan
DKK 34246
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33378
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31682
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 38794
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 38772
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38161
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 38103
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 37719
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37627
10.7%
6
Mexico
DKK 37531
10.9%
7
Panama
DKK 37508
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 36876
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 34727
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33673
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27345
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40519
3.9%
1
Morocco
DKK 37095
12.0%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33979
19.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33814
19.8%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33545
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33244
21.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 31710
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 31693
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29638
29.7%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29537
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29465
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29453
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 40037
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 40037
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 38772
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 38772
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 37930
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37508
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36602
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33126
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 32933
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 25872
38.6%
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.