Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,860 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,323 kr
Communal tax
- 9,426 kr
Church tax
- 377 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,263 kr
Net pay
* 31,597 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
31,597 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,263 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,184 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 47,860 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.31 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 48.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47,860 kr a year living in the region of Nordfyns, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,263 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31,597 kr per year, or 2,633 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 47860
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 47860
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 46158
3.6%
3
Spain
DKK 44821
6.4%
4
Austria
DKK 44600
6.8%
5
Switzerland
DKK 44415
7.2%
6
Italy
DKK 43462
9.2%
7
France
DKK 43218
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 42595
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 42569
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 41638
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39006
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 38527
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 38444
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38126
20.3%
15
Poland
DKK 37582
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 37403
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 35528
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33143
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 32545
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 31775
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30119
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 27998
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43737
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37544
21.6%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 47860
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 47860
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 45255
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 45208
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 43624
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 42966
10.2%
6
South Korea
DKK 42290
11.6%
7
Malaysia
DKK 42232
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 42169
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 42081
12.1%
10
India
DKK 39731
17.0%
11
Vietnam
DKK 38902
18.7%
12
Japan
DKK 38890
18.7%
13
Singapore
DKK 38293
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 37905
20.8%
15
China
DKK 34889
27.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 44055
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 44031
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 43337
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 43271
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 42835
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 42595
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 42131
12.0%
7
Brazil
DKK 42124
12.0%
8
Peru
DKK 41878
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 39437
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 38240
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 31060
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 45149
5.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 41107
14.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 37947
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 37908
20.8%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 37897
20.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 37192
22.3%
6
Angola
DKK 35879
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35761
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33425
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33168
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 33019
31.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 32868
31.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 45467
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 45467
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 44031
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 44031
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 43074
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 42595
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 41566
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 37556
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 37220
22.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 29201
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nordfyns 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.