Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,004 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,229 kr
Communal tax
- 9,901 kr
Church tax
- 244 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,511 kr
Net pay
* 38,493 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.4%
Average tax rate
31.3%
68.7%
Net pay
31.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
38,493 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,511 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,432 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,004 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.61 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.3% tax rate now rises to 45.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,004 kr a year living in the region of Rudersdal, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,511 kr. That means that your net pay will be 38,493 kr per year, or 3,208 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.3% and your marginal tax rate is 30.4%. 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 30.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 696 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,482 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 56004
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 56004
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 52448
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52266
6.7%
4
Switzerland
DKK 52005
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 50857
9.2%
6
France
DKK 50572
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 49844
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 49756
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 48723
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 47616
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 45643
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 45083
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 44985
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44249
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 43977
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 43768
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41319
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 38783
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 38083
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37254
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35241
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 32762
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51050
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43288
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 56004
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 56004
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 52992
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 52334
6.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 51047
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 49425
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 49403
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 49345
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 49074
12.4%
9
Indonesia
DKK 48796
12.9%
10
Japan
DKK 45508
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45204
19.3%
12
Vietnam
DKK 45097
19.5%
13
Singapore
DKK 44831
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 44355
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40111
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51552
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51524
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 50712
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 50634
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50124
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 49844
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49003
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48551
13.3%
8
Brazil
DKK 48170
14.0%
9
Chile
DKK 46147
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 44747
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36354
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 51746
7.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 46613
16.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44134
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43540
22.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43505
22.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 42843
23.5%
6
Angola
DKK 41843
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41533
25.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 38964
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38462
31.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 38249
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37469
33.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53204
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53204
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51524
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51524
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50404
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 49844
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 48639
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 43850
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43328
22.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 33547
40.1%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Rudersdal 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.