Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
54,171 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,025 kr
Communal tax
- 10,430 kr
Church tax
- 439 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,030 kr
Net pay
* 36,141 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
36,141 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,030 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
31,952 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 54,171 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.90 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 46.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 54,171 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,030 kr. That means that your net pay will be 36,141 kr per year, or 3,012 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 49410
8.8%
1
Canada
DKK 41970
22.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 54171
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 54171
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 51251
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 50730
6.4%
4
Taiwan
DKK 49376
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 47806
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 47802
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 47730
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 47718
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 47284
12.7%
10
Japan
DKK 44019
18.7%
11
India
DKK 43972
18.8%
12
Vietnam
DKK 43703
19.3%
13
Singapore
DKK 43372
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 42903
20.8%
15
China
DKK 38832
28.3%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 50261
7.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 45359
16.3%
2
Mozambique
DKK 42754
21.1%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 42277
22.0%
4
Cameroon
DKK 42245
22.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 41560
23.3%
6
Angola
DKK 40501
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 40234
25.7%
8
Nigeria
DKK 37718
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 37270
31.2%
10
Senegal
DKK 37058
31.6%
11
Zambia
DKK 36434
32.7%
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.