Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
49,920 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,553 kr
Communal tax
- 9,597 kr
Church tax
- 455 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,740 kr
Net pay
* 33,180 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,180 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,740 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,662 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 49,920 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 49,920 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,740 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,180 kr per year, or 2,765 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% 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.
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 49920
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 49920
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 47212
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47010
5.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 45502
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44538
10.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 44089
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 44050
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 43985
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 43779
12.3%
10
India
DKK 41115
17.6%
11
Japan
DKK 40564
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40469
18.9%
13
Singapore
DKK 39958
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39537
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35867
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45951
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 45926
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 45203
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 45133
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 44678
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 44429
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 43770
12.3%
7
Peru
DKK 43680
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 43662
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 41134
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39886
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 32399
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46818
6.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 42501
14.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39533
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39343
21.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39323
21.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 38615
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37388
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37221
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34826
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 34507
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34322
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34032
31.8%
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.