Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
49,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,506 kr
Communal tax
- 9,473 kr
Church tax
- 398 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,513 kr
Net pay
* 32,987 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
32,987 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,513 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,434 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 49,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.15 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 49,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,513 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,987 kr per year, or 2,749 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 32.49 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.51 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 45233
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38683
21.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 49500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 49500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 46813
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 46643
5.8%
4
Taiwan
DKK 45119
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44223
10.7%
6
South Korea
DKK 43723
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 43679
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 43614
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 43433
12.3%
10
India
DKK 40833
17.5%
11
Japan
DKK 40223
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40149
18.9%
13
Singapore
DKK 39618
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39204
20.8%
15
China
DKK 35574
28.1%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45565
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 45540
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 44822
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 44754
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 44303
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 44055
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 43436
12.3%
7
Brazil
DKK 43349
12.4%
8
Peru
DKK 43313
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 40788
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39550
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 32126
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46477
6.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 42219
14.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39209
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39048
21.1%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39035
21.1%
5
Kenya
DKK 38325
22.6%
6
Angola
DKK 37080
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 36924
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34540
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 34234
30.8%
10
Senegal
DKK 34052
31.2%
11
Zambia
DKK 33794
31.7%
12
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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.