Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
50,424 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,609 kr
Communal tax
- 9,720 kr
Church tax
- 487 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,951 kr
Net pay
* 33,473 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,473 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,951 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,873 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 50,424 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 50,424 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,951 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,473 kr per year, or 2,789 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 50424
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 50424
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 48081
4.7%
3
Spain
DKK 47222
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 46804
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 45790
9.2%
6
France
DKK 45533
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 44877
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 44847
11.1%
9
Austria
DKK 44476
11.8%
10
Russia
DKK 43869
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 41096
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 40591
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 40503
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 40057
20.6%
15
Poland
DKK 39595
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 39407
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 37351
25.9%
18
Finland
DKK 34919
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 34288
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 33500
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 31732
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 29498
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 46059
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39326
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 50424
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 50424
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 47691
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47451
5.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 45961
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44917
10.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 44530
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 44495
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44429
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 44195
12.4%
10
India
DKK 41454
17.8%
11
Japan
DKK 40974
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40852
19.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 40365
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39936
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36219
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 46415
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 46390
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 45659
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 45589
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 45129
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 44877
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 44171
12.4%
7
Peru
DKK 44121
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 44039
12.7%
9
Chile
DKK 41549
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 40289
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 32727
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 47226
6.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 42839
15.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39921
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39695
21.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39670
21.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 38963
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37757
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37579
25.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35169
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 34835
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34646
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34317
31.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 47903
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 47903
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46390
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46390
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45382
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 44877
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 43793
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39543
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39143
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30655
39.2%
10
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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.