Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,229 kr
Communal tax
- 10,870 kr
Church tax
- 545 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,780 kr
Net pay
* 37,224 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,224 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,780 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,702 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,004 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 46.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,004 kr a year living in the region of Lemvig, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,780 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,224 kr per year, or 3,102 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% 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 51050
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43288
22.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51552
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51524
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 50712
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 50634
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50124
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 49844
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49003
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48551
13.3%
8
Brazil
DKK 48170
14.0%
9
Chile
DKK 46147
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 44747
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36354
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53204
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53204
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51524
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51524
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50404
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 49844
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 48639
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 43850
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43328
22.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 33547
40.1%
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.