Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
53,564 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,958 kr
Communal tax
- 10,351 kr
Church tax
- 429 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,874 kr
Net pay
* 35,690 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
35,690 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,874 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,795 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 53,564 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.94 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 47.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 53,564 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,874 kr. That means that your net pay will be 35,690 kr per year, or 2,974 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 48867
8.8%
1
Canada
DKK 41541
22.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 53564
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 53564
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 50674
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 50199
6.3%
4
Taiwan
DKK 48823
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 47269
11.8%
6
Malaysia
DKK 47269
11.8%
7
South Korea
DKK 47272
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 47195
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 46784
12.7%
10
India
DKK 43564
18.7%
11
Japan
DKK 43525
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 43241
19.3%
13
Singapore
DKK 42889
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 42423
20.8%
15
China
DKK 38409
28.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 49306
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 49279
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 48502
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 48428
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 47940
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 47672
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 46868
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 46639
12.9%
8
Brazil
DKK 46384
13.4%
9
Chile
DKK 44137
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 42798
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 34768
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 50886
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 50886
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 49279
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 49279
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 48208
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 47672
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 46520
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 41969
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 41498
22.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 32283
39.7%
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.