Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
46,540 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,177 kr
Communal tax
- 8,971 kr
Church tax
- 383 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,667 kr
Net pay
* 30,873 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.8%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
30,873 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,667 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,589 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 46,540 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 48.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 46,540 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,667 kr. That means that your net pay will be 30,873 kr per year, or 2,573 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% 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 32.76 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.24 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 3,362 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 42526
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 36627
21.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 46540
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 46540
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 44053
5.3%
3
Thailand
DKK 44001
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 42421
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 41925
9.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 41138
11.6%
7
Malaysia
DKK 41067
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 41006
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 40993
11.9%
10
India
DKK 38844
16.5%
11
Vietnam
DKK 37897
18.6%
12
Japan
DKK 37818
18.7%
13
Singapore
DKK 37497
19.4%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 36860
20.8%
15
China
DKK 34342
26.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 42840
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 42817
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 42142
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 42078
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 41653
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 41421
11.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 41098
11.7%
7
Mexico
DKK 41081
11.7%
8
Peru
DKK 40722
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 38349
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 37185
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 30202
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 44080
5.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 40205
13.6%
2
Cameroon
DKK 37000
20.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 36971
20.6%
4
Mozambique
DKK 36930
20.7%
5
Kenya
DKK 36281
22.0%
6
Angola
DKK 34912
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 34826
25.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 32527
30.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 32310
30.6%
10
Senegal
DKK 32209
30.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 32122
31.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 44213
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 44213
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 42817
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 42817
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 41886
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 41421
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 40420
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 36533
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 36230
22.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 28432
38.9%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Skive 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.