Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,449 kr
Communal tax
- 7,612 kr
Church tax
- 203 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,400 kr
Net pay
* 26,600 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,600 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,400 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,321 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.83 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 50.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,000 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,400 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,600 kr per year, or 2,217 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.4%. 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 32.41 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.59 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,380 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40000
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40000
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40000
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 39884
0.3%
4
Spain
DKK 37460
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37089
7.3%
6
Germany
DKK 36804
8.0%
7
Italy
DKK 36324
9.2%
8
France
DKK 36120
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 35600
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 35580
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 34800
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 32600
18.5%
13
Sweden
DKK 32211
19.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 32200
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 31410
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31260
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 29780
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 27700
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27200
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 26487
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25170
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23400
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36536
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32085
19.8%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 38330
4.2%
3
Thailand
DKK 37788
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 36764
8.1%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36460
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 35600
11.0%
7
South Korea
DKK 35426
11.4%
8
Malaysia
DKK 35290
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35244
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35200
12.0%
11
Singapore
DKK 34905
12.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 32921
17.7%
13
Japan
DKK 32503
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 31680
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30070
24.8%
16
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Odense 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.