Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
45,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,061 kr
Communal tax
- 8,653 kr
Church tax
- 364 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,213 kr
Net pay
* 30,287 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
30,287 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,213 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,135 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 45,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.40 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 49.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 45,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,213 kr. That means that your net pay will be 30,287 kr per year, or 2,524 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 41572
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 35905
21.1%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 43237
5.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 39493
13.2%
2
Cameroon
DKK 36286
20.3%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 36240
20.4%
4
Mozambique
DKK 36129
20.6%
5
Kenya
DKK 35562
21.8%
6
Angola
DKK 34151
24.9%
7
Ghana
DKK 34089
25.1%
8
Nigeria
DKK 31820
30.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 31634
30.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 31571
30.6%
11
Zambia
DKK 31534
30.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 43225
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 43225
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 41860
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 41860
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 40950
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 40495
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 39517
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 35727
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 35450
22.1%
9
Turkey
DKK 27827
38.8%
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.