Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
40,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,505 kr
Communal tax
- 7,628 kr
Church tax
- 321 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 13,589 kr
Net pay
* 26,911 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
26,911 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
13,589 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
27,511 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 40,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
50.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 50.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 17% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 40,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 13,589 kr. That means that your net pay will be 26,911 kr per year, or 2,243 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.48 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.52 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 675 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,376 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 40500
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 40500
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 40500
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 40313
0.5%
4
Spain
DKK 37928
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 37555
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 36778
9.2%
7
Germany
DKK 36713
9.4%
8
France
DKK 36571
9.7%
9
Czech Republic
DKK 36045
11.0%
10
Luxembourg
DKK 36025
11.1%
11
Russia
DKK 35235
13.0%
12
Hungary
DKK 33008
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 32603
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 32588
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 31802
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 31651
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 30152
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 28046
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 27540
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 26823
33.8%
21
Netherlands
DKK 25485
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 23693
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 36992
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 32432
19.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 40500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 40500
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 38768
4.3%
3
Thailand
DKK 38263
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 37159
8.3%
5
Taiwan
DKK 36915
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 36013
11.1%
7
South Korea
DKK 35863
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 35732
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 35685
11.9%
10
India
DKK 35545
12.2%
11
Singapore
DKK 35099
13.3%
12
Vietnam
DKK 33302
17.8%
13
Japan
DKK 32910
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 32076
20.8%
15
China
DKK 30446
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 37280
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 37260
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 36673
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 36617
9.6%
4
Brazil
DKK 36289
10.4%
5
Costa Rica
DKK 36247
10.5%
6
Mexico
DKK 36196
10.6%
7
Panama
DKK 36045
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 35438
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 33372
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 32359
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 26276
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 39187
3.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 35868
11.4%
2
Cameroon
DKK 32849
18.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 32623
19.5%
4
Mozambique
DKK 32279
20.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 32109
20.7%
6
Ghana
DKK 30545
24.6%
7
Angola
DKK 30487
24.7%
8
Zambia
DKK 28709
29.1%
9
Nigeria
DKK 28419
29.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 28406
29.9%
11
Uganda
DKK 28384
29.9%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 38475
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 38475
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 37260
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 37260
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 36450
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 36045
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 35174
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 31852
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 31700
21.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 24915
38.5%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejen 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.