Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,507 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,174 kr
Communal tax
- 10,704 kr
Church tax
- 450 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,464 kr
Net pay
* 37,043 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
37,043 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,464 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,386 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 55,507 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.83 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 46.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 55,507 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,464 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,043 kr per year, or 3,087 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 55507
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 55507
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 51982
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 51893
6.5%
4
Switzerland
DKK 51542
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 50406
9.2%
6
France
DKK 50123
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 49401
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 49321
11.1%
9
Russia
DKK 48291
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 47194
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 45238
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 44683
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 44586
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 43876
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 43586
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 43379
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 40966
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 38439
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 37745
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 36920
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 34929
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 32472
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 50605
8.8%
1
Canada
DKK 42920
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 55507
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 55507
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 52520
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 51899
6.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 50594
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 48986
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 48969
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 48907
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 48706
12.3%
9
Indonesia
DKK 48386
12.8%
10
Japan
DKK 45104
18.7%
11
India
DKK 44870
19.2%
12
Vietnam
DKK 44719
19.4%
13
Singapore
DKK 44435
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 43962
20.8%
15
China
DKK 39764
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51094
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51066
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 50262
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 50185
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 49679
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 49401
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 48569
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48162
13.2%
8
Brazil
DKK 47806
13.9%
9
Chile
DKK 45738
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 44350
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36031
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 51343
7.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 46273
16.6%
2
Mozambique
DKK 43760
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43197
22.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43163
22.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 42495
23.4%
6
Angola
DKK 41479
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41181
25.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 38626
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38139
31.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 37926
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37188
33.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 52732
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 52732
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51066
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51066
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 49956
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 49401
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 48208
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 43467
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 42955
22.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 33290
40.0%
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.