Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,673 kr
Communal tax
- 9,741 kr
Church tax
- 369 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,919 kr
Net pay
* 34,081 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
34,081 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,919 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,840 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 51,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.05 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,000 kr a year living in the region of Odder, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,919 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,081 kr per year, or 2,840 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 51000
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 51000
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 48513
4.9%
3
Spain
DKK 47762
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 47341
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 46313
9.2%
6
France
DKK 46053
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 45390
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 45359
11.1%
9
Austria
DKK 44448
12.9%
10
Russia
DKK 44370
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 41565
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 41055
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 40966
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 40490
20.6%
15
Poland
DKK 40047
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 39857
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 37761
26.0%
18
Finland
DKK 35317
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 34680
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 33887
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 32094
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 29835
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 46574
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39732
22.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 51000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 51000
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 48238
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47955
6.0%
4
Taiwan
DKK 46486
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 45350
11.1%
6
South Korea
DKK 45033
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 45004
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44936
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 44670
12.4%
10
India
DKK 41841
18.0%
11
Japan
DKK 41442
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 41290
19.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 40830
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 40392
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36620
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 46946
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 46920
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 46181
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46110
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 45645
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 45390
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 44629
12.5%
7
Peru
DKK 44625
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 44469
12.8%
9
Chile
DKK 42024
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 40749
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33101
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 47692
6.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 43225
15.2%
2
Mozambique
DKK 40364
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40092
21.4%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40066
21.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 39361
22.8%
6
Angola
DKK 38179
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37987
25.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35561
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35209
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35015
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34642
32.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 48450
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 48450
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46920
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46920
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45900
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 45390
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 44293
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39990
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39575
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30954
39.3%
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.