Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,600 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,738 kr
Communal tax
- 8,154 kr
Church tax
- 294 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,322 kr
Net pay
* 28,278 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
28,278 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,322 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,244 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,600 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.63 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 50.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,600 kr a year living in the region of Kolding, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,322 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,278 kr per year, or 2,356 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.61 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.39 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,370 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42600
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42600
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42600
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42116
1.1%
4
Spain
DKK 39895
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 39512
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38685
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38468
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37914
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37893
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 37062
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36334
14.7%
12
Hungary
DKK 34719
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 34293
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34169
19.8%
15
Poland
DKK 33451
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 33292
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31716
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29500
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28968
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28236
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26808
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24921
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38912
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33891
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42600
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42600
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40605
4.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 40258
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 38829
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 38816
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37744
11.4%
7
South Korea
DKK 37697
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37587
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37535
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36573
14.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 35921
15.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34900
18.1%
13
Japan
DKK 34616
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33739
20.8%
15
China
DKK 32025
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 39213
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 39192
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38574
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 38515
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38127
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37998
10.8%
6
Panama
DKK 37914
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 37902
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 37275
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35102
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 34037
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27641
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40888
4.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 37435
12.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34292
19.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34144
19.9%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33896
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33559
21.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 32033
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 32027
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29896
29.8%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29847
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29759
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29749
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 40470
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 40470
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 39192
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 39192
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 38340
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37914
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36998
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33480
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33275
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 26138
38.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Kolding 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.