Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
49,968 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,558 kr
Communal tax
- 9,610 kr
Church tax
- 399 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,703 kr
Net pay
* 33,265 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
33,265 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,703 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,624 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 49,968 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 47.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 49,968 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,703 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,265 kr per year, or 2,772 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
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 45651
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 39008
21.9%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 47470
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 47470
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 45971
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 45971
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 44971
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 44472
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 43397
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39190
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 38801
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30419
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.