Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,009 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,563 kr
Communal tax
- 11,472 kr
Church tax
- 476 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,647 kr
Net pay
* 39,362 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
39,362 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,647 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,569 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,009 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.69 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 46.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,009 kr a year living in the region of Lejre, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,647 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,362 kr per year, or 3,280 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 32.56 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.44 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.
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56059
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56059
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54288
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54288
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53108
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52518
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51249
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46167
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45582
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35056
40.6%
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.