Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,395 kr
Communal tax
- 9,526 kr
Church tax
- 423 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,480 kr
Net pay
* 32,024 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,024 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,480 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,401 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,504 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.27 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 48.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,504 kr a year living in the region of Mariagerfjord, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,480 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,024 kr per year, or 2,669 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 33.1%. 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 33.13 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.87 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,344 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 48504
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 48504
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 46641
3.8%
3
Spain
DKK 45424
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 45015
7.2%
5
Austria
DKK 44569
8.1%
6
Italy
DKK 44046
9.2%
7
France
DKK 43799
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 43169
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 43141
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 42198
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39531
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 39046
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 38961
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38611
20.4%
15
Poland
DKK 38087
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 37906
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 35986
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33589
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 32983
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 32208
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30524
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 28375
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 44327
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37991
21.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45671
5.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 41548
14.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38443
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 38350
20.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 38349
20.9%
5
Kenya
DKK 37637
22.4%
6
Angola
DKK 36351
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36218
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33863
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33587
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 33414
31.1%
11
Zambia
DKK 33232
31.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 46079
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 46079
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44624
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44624
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 43654
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 43169
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 42126
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 38055
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37703
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29576
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Mariagerfjord 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.