Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,889 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,438 kr
Communal tax
- 9,388 kr
Church tax
- 389 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,351 kr
Net pay
* 32,538 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,538 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,351 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,273 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,889 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.19 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 48.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,889 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,351 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,538 kr per year, or 2,711 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 48889
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 48889
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 46930
4.0%
3
Spain
DKK 45785
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 45374
7.2%
5
Austria
DKK 44551
8.9%
6
Italy
DKK 44396
9.2%
7
France
DKK 44147
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 43511
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 43483
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 42533
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39845
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 39356
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 39270
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38901
20.4%
15
Poland
DKK 38390
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 38207
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 36260
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33856
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 33244
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 32467
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30766
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 28600
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 44680
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38258
21.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 48889
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 48889
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 46233
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 46108
5.7%
4
Taiwan
DKK 44562
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 43763
10.5%
6
South Korea
DKK 43189
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 43140
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 43076
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 42929
12.2%
10
India
DKK 40422
17.3%
11
Japan
DKK 39727
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 39684
18.8%
13
Singapore
DKK 39125
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 38720
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35315
27.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45002
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 44978
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 44269
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 44201
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 43756
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 43511
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 42950
12.2%
7
Brazil
DKK 42892
12.3%
8
Peru
DKK 42778
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 40285
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39062
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 31729
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45982
6.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 41809
14.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38739
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 38619
21.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 38615
21.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 37903
22.5%
6
Angola
DKK 36633
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36491
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34125
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33837
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 33660
31.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 33449
31.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 46445
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 46445
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44978
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44978
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 44000
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 43511
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 42460
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 38354
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37992
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29800
39.0%
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.