Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,508 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,284 kr
Communal tax
- 9,460 kr
Church tax
- 360 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,240 kr
Net pay
* 31,268 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.3%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
31,268 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,240 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,161 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 47,508 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.35 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 49.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47,508 kr a year living in the region of Nyborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,240 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31,268 kr per year, or 2,606 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% and your marginal tax rate is 33.3%. 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 33.33 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.67 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 667 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,334 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43414
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37299
21.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 43731
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 43707
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 43018
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 42953
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 42520
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 42282
11.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 41859
11.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 41851
11.9%
8
Peru
DKK 41570
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 39147
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 37959
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 30831
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 44864
5.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 40867
14.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 37676
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 37666
20.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 37650
20.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 36949
22.2%
6
Angola
DKK 35621
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35512
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33185
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 32939
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 32803
31.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 32669
31.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 45133
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 45133
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 43707
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 43707
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 42757
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 42282
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 41261
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 37283
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 36956
22.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 28996
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Nyborg 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.