Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,416 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,495 kr
Communal tax
- 7,644 kr
Church tax
- 317 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,592 kr
Net pay
* 26,824 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
26,824 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,592 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,514 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,416 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.81 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 50.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,416 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,592 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,824 kr per year, or 2,235 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 32.57 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.43 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 3,372 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36916
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32374
19.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40416
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40416
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 38694
4.3%
3
Thailand
DKK 38183
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37093
8.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36839
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35943
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 35789
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 35657
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35611
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35504
12.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 35066
13.2%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33239
17.8%
13
Japan
DKK 32841
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32009
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30383
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 37203
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 37183
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 36597
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 36541
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 36221
10.4%
5
Costa Rica
DKK 36172
10.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 36128
10.6%
7
Panama
DKK 35970
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 35364
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 33303
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 32292
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 26222
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38395
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38395
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37183
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37183
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36374
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 35970
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35101
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31787
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31637
21.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 24866
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lejre 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.