Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,893 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,438 kr
Communal tax
- 9,311 kr
Church tax
- 352 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,238 kr
Net pay
* 32,655 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,655 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,238 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,159 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,893 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.17 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,893 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,238 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,655 kr per year, or 2,721 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 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 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 44684
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38261
21.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 48893
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 48893
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 46237
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 46112
5.7%
4
Taiwan
DKK 44565
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 43766
10.5%
6
South Korea
DKK 43193
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 43144
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 43080
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 42933
12.2%
10
India
DKK 40425
17.3%
11
Japan
DKK 39730
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 39687
18.8%
13
Singapore
DKK 39128
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 38723
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35317
27.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45006
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 44982
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 44273
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 44205
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 43759
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 43515
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 42953
12.2%
7
Brazil
DKK 42895
12.3%
8
Peru
DKK 42781
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 40288
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39066
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 31732
35.1%
12
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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.