Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,284 kr
Communal tax
- 11,167 kr
Church tax
- 385 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,973 kr
Net pay
* 37,527 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
37,527 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,973 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,894 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.82 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 46.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,500 kr a year living in the region of Randers, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,973 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,527 kr per year, or 3,127 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.8%. 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 32.84 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.16 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 672 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,358 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 56500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 56500
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 52912
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52638
6.8%
4
Switzerland
DKK 52467
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 51308
9.2%
6
France
DKK 51019
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 50285
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 50190
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 49155
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 48038
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 46048
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 45482
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 45384
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44621
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 44365
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 44155
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41672
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 39126
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 38420
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37588
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35553
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 33052
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51488
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43656
22.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Randers 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.