Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,424 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,276 kr
Communal tax
- 10,940 kr
Church tax
- 454 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,805 kr
Net pay
* 37,619 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,619 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,805 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,727 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,424 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.80 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 46.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,424 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,805 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,619 kr per year, or 3,135 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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 56424
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 56424
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 52841
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52581
6.8%
4
Switzerland
DKK 52396
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 51239
9.2%
6
France
DKK 50951
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 50217
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 50124
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 49089
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 47973
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 45986
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 45421
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 45323
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44564
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 44306
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 44096
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41618
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 39074
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 38368
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37537
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35506
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 33008
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51421
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43599
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 56424
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 56424
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 53391
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 52701
6.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 51430
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 49795
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 49769
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 49715
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 49385
12.5%
9
Indonesia
DKK 49142
12.9%
10
Japan
DKK 45849
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45486
19.4%
12
Vietnam
DKK 45417
19.5%
13
Singapore
DKK 45165
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 44688
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40404
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51938
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51910
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 51092
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 51014
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50499
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 50217
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49371
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48880
13.4%
8
Brazil
DKK 48477
14.1%
9
Chile
DKK 46493
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 45083
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36627
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 52086
7.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 46900
16.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44450
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43829
22.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43794
22.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 43137
23.6%
6
Angola
DKK 42151
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41831
25.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 39250
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38735
31.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 38522
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37707
33.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53603
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53603
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51910
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51910
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50782
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 50217
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 49004
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 44174
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43643
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 33758
40.2%
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.