Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
53,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,951 kr
Communal tax
- 10,411 kr
Church tax
- 278 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,775 kr
Net pay
* 35,725 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
35,725 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,775 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,697 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 53,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.92 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 47.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 53,500 kr a year living in the region of Odense, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,775 kr. That means that your net pay will be 35,725 kr per year, or 2,977 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 48810
8.8%
1
Canada
DKK 41496
22.4%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 49247
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 49220
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 48444
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 48370
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 47882
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 47615
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 46812
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 46589
12.9%
8
Brazil
DKK 46337
13.4%
9
Chile
DKK 44084
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 42746
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 34726
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 50825
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 50825
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 49220
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 49220
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 48150
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 47615
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 46465
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 41920
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 41450
22.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 32250
39.7%
10
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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.