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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 49968
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 49968
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 47739
4.5%
3
Spain
DKK 46795
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 46379
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 45376
9.2%
6
France
DKK 45121
9.7%
7
Austria
DKK 44498
11.0%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 44472
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 44442
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 43472
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 40724
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 40224
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 40137
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 39713
20.5%
15
Poland
DKK 39237
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 39050
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 37027
25.9%
18
Finland
DKK 34603
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 33978
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 33193
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 31445
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 29231
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 45651
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 39008
21.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 49968
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 49968
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 47258
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47052
5.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 45545
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44574
10.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 44131
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 44093
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44027
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 43819
12.3%
10
India
DKK 41147
17.7%
11
Japan
DKK 40603
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40505
18.9%
13
Singapore
DKK 39996
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39575
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35900
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45996
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 45971
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 45246
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 45177
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 44721
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 44472
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 43808
12.3%
7
Peru
DKK 43722
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 43698
12.6%
9
Chile
DKK 41174
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39924
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 32430
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46856
6.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 42533
14.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39570
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39377
21.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39356
21.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 38648
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37423
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37255
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34859
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 34538
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34353
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34059
31.8%
12
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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.