Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,984 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,448 kr
Communal tax
- 9,404 kr
Church tax
- 446 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,434 kr
Net pay
* 32,550 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
32,550 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,434 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,356 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,984 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.20 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 48.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,984 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,434 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,550 kr per year, or 2,712 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 32.69 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.31 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 48984
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 48984
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 47001
4.1%
3
Spain
DKK 45874
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 45462
7.2%
5
Austria
DKK 44546
9.1%
6
Italy
DKK 44482
9.2%
7
France
DKK 44233
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 43596
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 43568
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 42616
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 39922
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 39432
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 39346
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 38972
20.4%
15
Poland
DKK 38464
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 38281
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 36327
25.8%
18
Finland
DKK 33921
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 33309
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 32531
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 30826
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 28656
41.5%
23
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46059
6.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 41873
14.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 38812
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 38686
21.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 38680
21.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 37969
22.5%
6
Angola
DKK 36702
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36558
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34189
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 33899
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 33721
31.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 33503
31.6%
12
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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.