Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
55,872 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,215 kr
Communal tax
- 10,779 kr
Church tax
- 453 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,583 kr
Net pay
* 37,289 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
37,289 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,583 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,504 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 55,872 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.82 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 55,872 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,583 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,289 kr per year, or 3,107 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 55872
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 55872
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 52324
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52167
6.6%
4
Switzerland
DKK 51882
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 50737
9.2%
6
France
DKK 50452
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 49726
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 49641
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 48609
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 47504
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 45536
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 44977
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 44879
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44150
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 43873
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 43664
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41225
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 38691
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 37993
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37165
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35158
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 32685
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 50932
8.8%
1
Canada
DKK 43190
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 55872
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 55872
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 52867
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 52218
6.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 50927
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 49308
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 49287
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 49229
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 48976
12.3%
9
Indonesia
DKK 48687
12.9%
10
Japan
DKK 45401
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45115
19.3%
12
Vietnam
DKK 44997
19.5%
13
Singapore
DKK 44726
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 44251
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40019
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51430
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51402
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 50592
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 50515
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50005
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 49726
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 48888
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48448
13.3%
8
Brazil
DKK 48073
14.0%
9
Chile
DKK 46039
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 44642
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36268
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 51639
7.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 46522
16.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44035
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43449
22.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43414
22.3%
5
Kenya
DKK 42750
23.5%
6
Angola
DKK 41747
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41440
25.8%
8
Nigeria
DKK 38875
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38376
31.3%
10
Senegal
DKK 38164
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37395
33.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53078
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53078
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51402
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51402
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50285
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 49726
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 48525
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 43749
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43229
22.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 33479
40.1%
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.