Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
52,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,839 kr
Communal tax
- 10,208 kr
Church tax
- 436 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,619 kr
Net pay
* 34,881 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
34,881 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,619 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,541 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 52,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.01 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 52,500 kr a year living in the region of Skive, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,619 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,881 kr per year, or 2,907 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 52500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 52500
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 49638
5.5%
3
Spain
DKK 49166
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 48739
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 47675
9.2%
6
France
DKK 47408
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 46725
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 46688
11.1%
9
Russia
DKK 45675
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 44637
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 42788
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 42262
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 42171
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 41620
20.7%
15
Poland
DKK 41225
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 41029
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 38828
26.0%
18
Finland
DKK 36356
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 35700
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 34897
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 33037
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 30712
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 47916
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40791
22.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 52500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 52500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 49663
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 49268
6.2%
4
Taiwan
DKK 47853
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 46477
11.5%
6
South Korea
DKK 46343
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 46329
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 46258
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 45907
12.6%
10
India
DKK 42849
18.4%
11
Japan
DKK 42661
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 42431
19.2%
13
Singapore
DKK 42042
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 41580
20.8%
15
China
DKK 37667
28.3%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 48326
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 48300
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 47539
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 47466
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46987
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 46725
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45938
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45806
12.8%
8
Brazil
DKK 45590
13.2%
9
Chile
DKK 43260
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41947
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 34076
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48907
6.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 44231
15.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 41495
21.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 41126
21.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 41097
21.7%
5
Kenya
DKK 40397
23.1%
6
Angola
DKK 39277
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 39050
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 36581
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 36184
31.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 35979
31.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 35489
32.4%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 49875
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 49875
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 48300
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 48300
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 47250
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 46725
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 45596
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 41149
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 40700
22.5%
9
Turkey
DKK 31731
39.6%
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.