Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,501 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,727 kr
Communal tax
- 8,006 kr
Church tax
- 303 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,172 kr
Net pay
* 28,329 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
28,329 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,172 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,094 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,501 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 49.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,501 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,172 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,329 kr per year, or 2,361 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42501
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42501
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42501
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42031
1.1%
4
Spain
DKK 39802
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 39420
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38595
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38378
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37826
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37805
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36976
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36352
14.5%
12
Hungary
DKK 34638
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 34213
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34094
19.8%
15
Poland
DKK 33373
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 33215
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31642
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29432
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28901
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28169
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26746
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24863
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38821
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33822
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42501
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42501
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40519
4.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 40164
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38738
8.9%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38739
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37662
11.4%
7
South Korea
DKK 37610
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37500
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37448
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36525
14.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 35882
15.6%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34825
18.1%
13
Japan
DKK 34536
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33661
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31950
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 39122
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 39101
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38485
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 38426
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38038
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37918
10.8%
6
Panama
DKK 37826
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 37821
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 37188
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35021
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33958
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27577
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40808
4.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 37361
12.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34224
19.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34073
19.8%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33820
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33491
21.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 31963
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 31954
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29840
29.8%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29780
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29695
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29685
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 40376
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 40376
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 39101
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 39101
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 38251
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37826
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36912
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33403
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33201
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 26080
38.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odder 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.