Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
48,985 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,449 kr
Communal tax
- 9,367 kr
Church tax
- 394 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,345 kr
Net pay
* 32,640 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
32,640 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,345 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,267 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 48,985 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 48.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 48,985 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,345 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,640 kr per year, or 2,720 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 44769
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38325
21.8%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 46536
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 46536
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 45066
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 45066
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 44086
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 43597
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 42543
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 38428
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 38064
22.3%
9
Turkey
DKK 29856
39.1%
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.