Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
52,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,839 kr
Communal tax
- 10,208 kr
Church tax
- 508 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,692 kr
Net pay
* 34,809 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.9%
Average tax rate
33.7%
66.3%
Net pay
33.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
34,809 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,692 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,613 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 52,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.02 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.7% tax rate now rises to 47.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 52,500 kr a year living in the region of Thisted, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,692 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,809 kr per year, or 2,901 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.7% and your marginal tax rate is 32.9%. 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 32.90 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.10 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 671 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,355 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 47916
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40791
22.3%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 48326
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 48300
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 47539
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 47466
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46987
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 46725
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45938
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45806
12.8%
8
Brazil
DKK 45590
13.2%
9
Chile
DKK 43260
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41947
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 34076
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48907
6.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 44231
15.8%
2
Mozambique
DKK 41495
21.0%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 41126
21.7%
4
Cameroon
DKK 41097
21.7%
5
Kenya
DKK 40397
23.1%
6
Angola
DKK 39277
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 39050
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 36581
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 36184
31.1%
10
Senegal
DKK 35979
31.5%
11
Zambia
DKK 35489
32.4%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Thisted 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.