Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
45,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,005 kr
Communal tax
- 8,584 kr
Church tax
- 407 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,132 kr
Net pay
* 29,868 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
29,868 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,132 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,054 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 45,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 49.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 45,000 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,132 kr. That means that your net pay will be 29,868 kr per year, or 2,489 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 41114
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 35557
21.0%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 42750
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 42750
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 41400
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 41400
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 40500
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 40050
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 39083
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 35340
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 35075
22.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 27535
38.8%
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.