Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,528 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,286 kr
Communal tax
- 9,122 kr
Church tax
- 457 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,002 kr
Net pay
* 31,526 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
31,526 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,002 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,923 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 47,528 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.30 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 48.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47,528 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,002 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31,526 kr per year, or 2,627 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.78 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.22 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,361 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43432
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37313
21.5%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lemvig 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.