Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
51,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,728 kr
Communal tax
- 9,883 kr
Church tax
- 416 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 17,162 kr
Net pay
* 34,338 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
34,338 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
17,162 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,084 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 51,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 47.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,500 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,162 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,338 kr per year, or 2,861 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 32.49 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 51500
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 51500
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 48888
5.1%
3
Spain
DKK 48230
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 47807
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 46767
9.2%
6
France
DKK 46505
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 45835
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 45804
11.1%
9
Russia
DKK 44805
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 44424
13.7%
11
Hungary
DKK 41973
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 41458
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 41367
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 40867
20.7%
15
Poland
DKK 40440
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 40248
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 38116
26.0%
18
Finland
DKK 35664
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 35020
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 34224
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 32408
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 30127
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 47021
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40085
22.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 51500
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 51500
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 48713
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 48393
6.0%
4
Taiwan
DKK 46942
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 45726
11.2%
6
South Korea
DKK 45469
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 45446
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 45377
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 45082
12.5%
10
India
DKK 42177
18.1%
11
Japan
DKK 41848
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 41671
19.1%
13
Singapore
DKK 41234
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 40788
20.8%
15
China
DKK 36969
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 47406
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 47380
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 46633
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46562
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46092
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 45835
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45062
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45022
12.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 44843
12.9%
9
Chile
DKK 42436
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41148
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33426
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48097
6.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 43561
15.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 40742
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40437
21.5%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40409
21.5%
5
Kenya
DKK 39706
22.9%
6
Angola
DKK 38545
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 38341
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 35901
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35534
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35337
31.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 34924
32.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 48925
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 48925
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 47380
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 47380
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 46350
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 45835
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 44728
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 40377
21.6%
8
Lebanon
DKK 39950
22.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 31213
39.4%
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.