Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,996 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,450 kr
Communal tax
- 9,410 kr
Church tax
- 390 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,386 kr
Net pay
* 32,610 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
32,610 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,386 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,308 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,996 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 48,996 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,386 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,610 kr per year, or 2,717 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 48996
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 48996
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 47010
4.1%
3
Spain
DKK 45885
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 45473
7.2%
5
Austria
DKK 44545
9.1%
6
Italy
DKK 44493
9.2%
7
France
DKK 44243
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 43606
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 43578
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 42627
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39932
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 39442
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 39356
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38981
20.4%
15
Poland
DKK 38474
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 38291
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 36336
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33930
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 33317
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 32539
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30833
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 28663
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 44779
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38332
21.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 48996
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 48996
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 46334
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 46202
5.7%
4
Taiwan
DKK 44659
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 43844
10.5%
6
South Korea
DKK 43283
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 43235
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 43170
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 43017
12.2%
10
India
DKK 40494
17.4%
11
Japan
DKK 39813
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 39766
18.8%
13
Singapore
DKK 39211
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 38805
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35359
27.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45101
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 45076
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 44366
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 44298
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 43851
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 43606
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 43035
12.2%
7
Brazil
DKK 42972
12.3%
8
Peru
DKK 42871
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 40373
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39148
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 31799
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46069
6.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 41881
14.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38821
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 38695
21.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 38688
21.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 37977
22.5%
6
Angola
DKK 36711
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36567
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34198
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33906
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 33728
31.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 33510
31.6%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 46546
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 46546
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 45076
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 45076
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 44096
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 43606
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 42553
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 38437
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 38072
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29863
39.1%
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.