Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,672 kr
Communal tax
- 7,967 kr
Church tax
- 378 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,152 kr
Net pay
* 27,848 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,848 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,152 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,074 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.68 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 50.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,000 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,152 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,848 kr per year, or 2,321 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.68 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.32 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 3,366 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Tax per region
Region
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Frederiksberg
DKK 28856
31.3%
1
Rudersdal
DKK 28742
31.6%
2
Tårnby
DKK 28727
31.6%
3
Vejle
DKK 28544
32.0%
4
Gentofte
DKK 28509
32.1%
5
Gladsaxe
DKK 28525
32.1%
6
Glostrup
DKK 28509
32.1%
7
Hørsholm
DKK 28535
32.1%
8
Herlev
DKK 28494
32.2%
9
Københavns
DKK 28446
32.3%
10
Allerød
DKK 28358
32.5%
11
Billund
DKK 28355
32.5%
12
Brøndby
DKK 28289
32.6%
13
Greve
DKK 28305
32.6%
14
Lyngby-Taarbæk
DKK 28324
32.6%
15
Kalundborg
DKK 28254
32.7%
16
Aarhus
DKK 28239
32.8%
17
Dragør
DKK 28191
32.9%
18
Furesø
DKK 28179
32.9%
19
Høje-Taastrup
DKK 28194
32.9%
20
Køge
DKK 28078
33.1%
21
Solrød
DKK 28100
33.1%
22
Fredensborg
DKK 28037
33.2%
23
Herning
DKK 28040
33.2%
24
Ishøj
DKK 28037
33.2%
25
Næstved
DKK 28012
33.3%
26
Helsingør
DKK 27958
33.4%
27
Ikast-Brande
DKK 27983
33.4%
28
Odder
DKK 27990
33.4%
29
Odense
DKK 27952
33.4%
30
Ringkøbing-Skjern
DKK 27990
33.4%
31
Roskilde
DKK 27993
33.4%
32
Slagelse
DKK 27987
33.4%
33
Varde
DKK 27990
33.4%
34
Ballerup
DKK 27936
33.5%
35
Gribskov
DKK 27927
33.5%
36
Holbæk
DKK 27924
33.5%
37
Horsens
DKK 27943
33.5%
38
Hvidovre
DKK 27936
33.5%
39
Vejen
DKK 27924
33.5%
40
Vordingborg
DKK 27936
33.5%
41
Aalborg
DKK 27886
33.6%
42
Albertslund
DKK 27880
33.6%
43
Fredericia
DKK 27886
33.6%
44
Hedensted
DKK 27886
33.6%
45
Kolding
DKK 27873
33.6%
46
Lejre
DKK 27892
33.6%
47
Rødovre
DKK 27873
33.6%
48
Vallensbæk
DKK 27880
33.6%
49
Viborg
DKK 27870
33.6%
50
Aabenraa
DKK 27832
33.7%
51
Egedal
DKK 27861
33.7%
52
Fanø
DKK 27826
33.7%
53
Halsnæs
DKK 27832
33.7%
54
Hillerød
DKK 27835
33.7%
55
Rebild
DKK 27839
33.7%
56
Silkeborg
DKK 27864
33.7%
57
Struer
DKK 27848
33.7%
58
Tønder
DKK 27861
33.7%
59
Esbjerg
DKK 27813
33.8%
60
Favrskov
DKK 27798
33.8%
61
Holstebro
DKK 27823
33.8%
62
Lemvig
DKK 27810
33.8%
63
Middelfart
DKK 27785
33.8%
64
Randers
DKK 27788
33.8%
65
Skive
DKK 27820
33.8%
66
Sønderborg
DKK 27813
33.8%
67
Frederikssund
DKK 27766
33.9%
68
Skanderborg
DKK 27754
33.9%
69
Thisted
DKK 27763
33.9%
70
Faxe
DKK 27728
34.0%
71
Guldborgsund
DKK 27703
34.0%
72
Jammerbugt
DKK 27722
34.0%
73
Syddjurs
DKK 27722
34.0%
74
Assens
DKK 27665
34.1%
75
Kerteminde -
DKK 27665
34.1%
76
Mariagerfjord
DKK 27675
34.1%
77
Morsø
DKK 27691
34.1%
78
Norddjurs
DKK 27659
34.1%
79
Nordfyns
DKK 27678
34.1%
80
Ringsted
DKK 27675
34.1%
81
Stevns
DKK 27659
34.1%
82
Bornholms Regionskommune
DKK 27650
34.2%
83
Faaborg-Midtfyn
DKK 27643
34.2%
84
Frederikshavn
DKK 27618
34.2%
85
Samsø
DKK 27653
34.2%
86
Ærø
DKK 27637
34.2%
87
Haderslev
DKK 27612
34.3%
88
Hjørring
DKK 27599
34.3%
89
Nyborg
DKK 27596
34.3%
90
ODSHERRED
DKK 27602
34.3%
91
Sorø
DKK 27612
34.3%
92
Svendborg
DKK 27590
34.3%
93
Brønderslev
DKK 27571
34.4%
94
Langeland
DKK 27552
34.4%
95
Vesthimmerlands
DKK 27539
34.4%
96
Lolland
DKK 27524
34.5%
97
Læsø
DKK 27502
34.5%
98
Christiansø
DKK 39284
6.5%
99
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Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42000
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42000
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42000
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 41601
1.0%
4
Spain
DKK 39333
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 38953
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38140
9.2%
7
France
DKK 37926
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37380
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37359
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36540
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36443
13.2%
12
Hungary
DKK 34230
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 33810
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 33717
19.7%
15
Poland
DKK 32980
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 32823
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31269
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29085
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28560
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27832
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26430
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24570
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38362
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33474
20.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40080
4.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 39688
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38342
8.7%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38283
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37249
11.3%
7
South Korea
DKK 37173
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37057
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37006
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36279
13.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 35681
15.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34444
18.0%
13
Japan
DKK 34129
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33264
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31573
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 38661
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 38640
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38031
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 37973
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 37590
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37510
10.7%
6
Mexico
DKK 37414
10.9%
7
Panama
DKK 37380
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 36750
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 34608
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33558
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27251
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40402
3.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 36987
11.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33880
19.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33709
19.7%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33434
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33145
21.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 31608
24.7%
7
Angola
DKK 31588
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29557
29.6%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29439
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29372
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29359
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 39900
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 39900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 38640
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 38640
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 37800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37380
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36477
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33015
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 32825
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25788
38.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Struer 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.