Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,960 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,779 kr
Communal tax
- 10,096 kr
Church tax
- 432 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,443 kr
Net pay
* 34,517 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
34,517 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,443 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,364 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 51,960 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 47.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,960 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,443 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,517 kr per year, or 2,876 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 32.75 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.25 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,363 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 51960
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 51960
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 49233
5.3%
3
Spain
DKK 48661
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 48236
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 47185
9.2%
6
France
DKK 46920
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 46244
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 46212
11.1%
9
Russia
DKK 45205
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 44402
14.6%
11
Hungary
DKK 42347
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 41828
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 41737
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 41213
20.7%
15
Poland
DKK 40801
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 40607
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 38444
26.0%
18
Finland
DKK 35982
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 35333
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 34533
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 32698
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 30397
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 47433
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40410
22.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 51960
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 51960
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 49150
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 48795
6.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 47361
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 46071
11.3%
6
South Korea
DKK 45871
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 45852
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 45782
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 45461
12.5%
10
India
DKK 42486
18.2%
11
Japan
DKK 42222
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 42021
19.1%
13
Singapore
DKK 41606
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 41152
20.8%
15
China
DKK 37290
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 47829
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 47803
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 47050
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46978
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46504
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 46244
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45465
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45383
12.7%
8
Brazil
DKK 45186
13.0%
9
Chile
DKK 42815
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41516
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33725
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48470
6.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 43869
15.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 41089
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40754
21.6%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40726
21.6%
5
Kenya
DKK 40024
23.0%
6
Angola
DKK 38882
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 38667
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 36214
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35833
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35632
31.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 35184
32.3%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 49362
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 49362
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 47803
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 47803
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 46764
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 46244
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 45127
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 40732
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 40295
22.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 31451
39.5%
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.