Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,672 kr
Communal tax
- 7,904 kr
Church tax
- 299 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,010 kr
Net pay
* 27,990 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
27,990 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,010 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,932 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.65 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 49.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,000 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,010 kr. That means that your net pay will be 27,990 kr per year, or 2,332 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. 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 32.31 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.69 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,385 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42000
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42000
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42000
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 41601
1.0%
4
Spain
DKK 39333
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 38953
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38140
9.2%
7
France
DKK 37926
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37380
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37359
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36540
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36443
13.2%
12
Hungary
DKK 34230
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 33810
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 33717
19.7%
15
Poland
DKK 32980
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 32823
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31269
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29085
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28560
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 27832
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26430
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24570
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38362
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33474
20.3%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42000
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42000
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40080
4.6%
3
Thailand
DKK 39688
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38342
8.7%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38283
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37249
11.3%
7
South Korea
DKK 37173
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37057
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37006
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36279
13.6%
11
Singapore
DKK 35681
15.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34444
18.0%
13
Japan
DKK 34129
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33264
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31573
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 38661
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 38640
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38031
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 37973
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 37590
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37510
10.7%
6
Mexico
DKK 37414
10.9%
7
Panama
DKK 37380
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 36750
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 34608
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33558
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27251
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40402
3.8%
1
Morocco
DKK 36987
11.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 33880
19.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 33709
19.7%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33434
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33145
21.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 31608
24.7%
7
Angola
DKK 31588
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29557
29.6%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29439
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29372
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29359
30.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 39900
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 39900
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 38640
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 38640
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 37800
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37380
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36477
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33015
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 32825
21.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 25788
38.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde 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.