Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
57,984 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,449 kr
Communal tax
- 11,256 kr
Church tax
- 534 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,376 kr
Net pay
* 38,608 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
38,608 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,376 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,297 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 57,984 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 46.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 57,984 kr a year living in the region of Struer, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,376 kr. That means that your net pay will be 38,608 kr per year, or 3,217 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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 52791
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 44756
22.8%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 53374
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 53345
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 52505
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 52424
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 51896
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 51606
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 50736
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 50069
13.7%
8
Brazil
DKK 49617
14.4%
9
Chile
DKK 47779
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 46329
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 37641
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 53349
8.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 47967
17.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 45611
21.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 44904
22.6%
4
Cameroon
DKK 44852
22.7%
5
Kenya
DKK 44229
23.7%
6
Angola
DKK 43293
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 42937
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 40311
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 39749
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 39536
31.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 38588
33.5%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 55085
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 55085
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 53345
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 53345
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 52186
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 51606
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 50359
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 45377
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 44813
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 34542
40.4%
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.