Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,058 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,679 kr
Communal tax
- 9,909 kr
Church tax
- 369 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,093 kr
Net pay
* 33,965 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,965 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,093 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,014 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 51,058 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.07 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 47.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,058 kr a year living in the region of Silkeborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,093 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,965 kr per year, or 2,830 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.64 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.36 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,368 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 51058
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 51058
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 48556
4.9%
3
Spain
DKK 47816
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 47395
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 46366
9.2%
6
France
DKK 46105
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 45442
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 45411
11.1%
9
Austria
DKK 44446
13.0%
10
Russia
DKK 44420
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 41612
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 41102
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 41012
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 40534
20.6%
15
Poland
DKK 40093
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 39902
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 37802
26.0%
18
Finland
DKK 35358
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 34719
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 33926
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 32130
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 29869
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 46626
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39773
22.1%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 51058
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 51058
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 48293
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 48006
6.0%
4
Taiwan
DKK 46539
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 45393
11.1%
6
South Korea
DKK 45083
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 45055
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44987
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 44718
12.4%
10
India
DKK 41880
18.0%
11
Japan
DKK 41489
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 41334
19.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 40877
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 40438
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36661
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 46999
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 46973
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 46233
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46162
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 45697
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 45442
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 44676
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 44675
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 44512
12.8%
9
Chile
DKK 42072
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 40795
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33139
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 47739
6.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 43264
15.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 40409
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40132
21.4%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40106
21.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 39401
22.8%
6
Angola
DKK 38221
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 38028
25.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35600
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35247
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35053
31.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 34675
32.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 48505
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 48505
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46973
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46973
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45952
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 45442
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 44344
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 40035
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39619
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30984
39.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Silkeborg 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.