Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,300 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,482 kr
Communal tax
- 7,918 kr
Church tax
- 370 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,906 kr
Net pay
* 26,394 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.5%
Average tax rate
34.5%
65.5%
Net pay
34.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,394 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,906 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,828 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,300 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.91 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
51.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.5% tax rate now rises to 51.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,300 kr a year living in the region of Lolland, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,906 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,394 kr per year, or 2,199 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.5% and your marginal tax rate is 33.5%. 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 33.52 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.48 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 665 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,324 kr of net incomes.
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 27667
31.3%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 27559
31.6%
2
Tårnby
DKK 27544
31.7%
3
Gladsaxe
DKK 27351
32.1%
4
Hørsholm
DKK 27360
32.1%
5
Vejle
DKK 27369
32.1%
6
Gentofte
DKK 27336
32.2%
7
Glostrup
DKK 27336
32.2%
8
Herlev
DKK 27321
32.2%
9
Københavns
DKK 27276
32.3%
10
Allerød
DKK 27191
32.5%
11
Billund
DKK 27188
32.5%
12
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 27158
32.6%
13
Brøndby
DKK 27125
32.7%
14
Greve
DKK 27140
32.7%
15
Aarhus
DKK 27077
32.8%
16
Kalundborg
DKK 27092
32.8%
17
Dragør
DKK 27032
32.9%
18
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 27035
32.9%
19
Furesø
DKK 27020
33.0%
20
Solrød
DKK 26944
33.1%
21
Køge
DKK 26923
33.2%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 26884
33.3%
23
Herning
DKK 26887
33.3%
24
Ishøj
DKK 26884
33.3%
25
Næstved
DKK 26860
33.3%
26
Ikast-Brande
DKK 26833
33.4%
27
Odder
DKK 26839
33.4%
28
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 26839
33.4%
29
Roskilde
DKK 26842
33.4%
30
Slagelse
DKK 26836
33.4%
31
Varde
DKK 26839
33.4%
32
Ballerup
DKK 26788
33.5%
33
Helsingør
DKK 26809
33.5%
34
Horsens
DKK 26794
33.5%
35
Hvidovre
DKK 26788
33.5%
36
Odense
DKK 26803
33.5%
37
Vordingborg
DKK 26788
33.5%
38
Aalborg
DKK 26740
33.6%
39
Fredericia
DKK 26740
33.6%
40
Gribskov
DKK 26779
33.6%
41
Hedensted
DKK 26740
33.6%
42
Holbæk
DKK 26776
33.6%
43
Lejre
DKK 26746
33.6%
44
Vejen
DKK 26776
33.6%
45
Albertslund
DKK 26734
33.7%
46
Egedal
DKK 26716
33.7%
47
Kolding
DKK 26728
33.7%
48
Rødovre
DKK 26728
33.7%
49
Silkeborg
DKK 26719
33.7%
50
Struer
DKK 26704
33.7%
51
Tønder
DKK 26716
33.7%
52
Vallensbæk
DKK 26734
33.7%
53
Viborg
DKK 26725
33.7%
54
Aabenraa
DKK 26689
33.8%
55
Esbjerg
DKK 26670
33.8%
56
Fanø
DKK 26683
33.8%
57
Halsnæs
DKK 26689
33.8%
58
Hillerød
DKK 26692
33.8%
59
Holstebro
DKK 26680
33.8%
60
Lemvig
DKK 26667
33.8%
61
Rebild
DKK 26695
33.8%
62
Skive
DKK 26677
33.8%
63
Sønderborg
DKK 26670
33.8%
64
Favrskov
DKK 26655
33.9%
65
Frederikssund
DKK 26625
33.9%
66
Middelfart
DKK 26643
33.9%
67
Randers
DKK 26646
33.9%
68
Thisted
DKK 26622
33.9%
69
Faxe
DKK 26589
34.0%
70
Jammerbugt
DKK 26583
34.0%
71
Skanderborg
DKK 26613
34.0%
72
Syddjurs
DKK 26583
34.0%
73
Guldborgsund
DKK 26565
34.1%
74
Mariagerfjord
DKK 26538
34.1%
75
Morsø
DKK 26553
34.1%
76
Nordfyns
DKK 26541
34.1%
77
Ringsted
DKK 26538
34.1%
78
Assens
DKK 26529
34.2%
79
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 26514
34.2%
80
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 26508
34.2%
81
Kerteminde -
DKK 26529
34.2%
82
Norddjurs
DKK 26523
34.2%
83
Samsø
DKK 26517
34.2%
84
Stevns
DKK 26523
34.2%
85
Ærø
DKK 26502
34.2%
86
Frederikshavn
DKK 26484
34.3%
87
Haderslev
DKK 26478
34.3%
88
Hjørring
DKK 26466
34.3%
89
Nyborg
DKK 26463
34.3%
90
ODSHERRED
DKK 26469
34.3%
91
Sorø
DKK 26478
34.3%
92
Brønderslev
DKK 26439
34.4%
93
Langeland
DKK 26421
34.4%
94
Svendborg
DKK 26457
34.4%
95
Lolland
DKK 26394
34.5%
96
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 26409
34.5%
97
Læsø
DKK 26372
34.6%
98
Christiansø
DKK 37648
6.6%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40300
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40300
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40300
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 40141
0.4%
4
Spain
DKK 37741
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37369
7.3%
6
Germany
DKK 36749
8.8%
7
Italy
DKK 36596
9.2%
8
France
DKK 36391
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 35867
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 35847
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 35061
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 32844
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 32441
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 32437
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 31645
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31495
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 30003
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 27908
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27404
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 26689
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25359
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23576
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36810
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32293
19.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40300
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40300
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 38593
4.2%
3
Thailand
DKK 38073
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37001
8.2%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36733
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35848
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 35688
11.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 35555
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35508
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35447
12.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 35021
13.1%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33150
17.7%
13
Japan
DKK 32747
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 31918
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30296
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 37096
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 37119
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 36492
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 36436
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 36126
10.4%
5
Costa Rica
DKK 36068
10.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 36034
10.6%
7
Panama
DKK 35867
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 35263
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 33207
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 32200
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 26146
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39025
3.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 35719
11.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 32712
18.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 32478
19.4%
4
Mozambique
DKK 32125
20.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 31971
20.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 30403
24.6%
7
Angola
DKK 30340
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28596
29.0%
9
Nigeria
DKK 28282
29.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 28278
29.8%
11
Uganda
DKK 28254
29.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38285
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38285
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37076
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37076
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36270
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 35867
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35001
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31697
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31550
21.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 24798
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Lolland 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.