Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
50,448 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,611 kr
Communal tax
- 9,667 kr
Church tax
- 407 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,821 kr
Net pay
* 33,627 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.3%
66.7%
Net pay
33.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,627 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,821 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,742 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 50,448 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.09 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 47.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 50,448 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,821 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,627 kr per year, or 2,802 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.3% 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 46080
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 39343
22.0%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 50448
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 50448
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 47714
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 47472
5.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 45983
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 44935
10.9%
6
South Korea
DKK 44551
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 44516
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 44450
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 44215
12.4%
10
India
DKK 41470
17.8%
11
Japan
DKK 40993
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 40870
19.0%
13
Singapore
DKK 40384
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 39955
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36235
28.2%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 47245
6.4%
1
Morocco
DKK 42855
15.1%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39939
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39712
21.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39686
21.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 38980
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37774
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37596
25.5%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35185
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 34850
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34661
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34330
32.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 47926
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 47926
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 46412
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 46412
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 45403
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 44899
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 43814
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 39562
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39161
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 30668
39.2%
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.