Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,509 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,619 kr
Communal tax
- 11,479 kr
Church tax
- 434 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,668 kr
Net pay
* 39,841 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,841 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,668 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,590 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,509 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.64 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 45.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,509 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,668 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,841 kr per year, or 3,320 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54131
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45886
22.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54778
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54748
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53885
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53803
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 53261
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52963
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 52070
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 51226
13.9%
8
Brazil
DKK 50701
14.8%
9
Chile
DKK 49035
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47548
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38632
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56534
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56534
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54748
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54748
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53558
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52963
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51684
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46553
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45957
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35308
40.7%
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.