Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
56,420 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,275 kr
Communal tax
- 10,891 kr
Church tax
- 458 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,761 kr
Net pay
* 37,659 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
37,659 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,761 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,682 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 56,420 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.79 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.3% tax rate now rises to 46.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 13.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 56,420 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,761 kr. That means that your net pay will be 37,659 kr per year, or 3,138 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 56420
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 56420
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 52837
6.4%
3
Norway
DKK 52578
6.8%
4
Switzerland
DKK 52393
7.1%
5
Italy
DKK 51235
9.2%
6
France
DKK 50947
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 50214
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 50120
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 49085
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 47970
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 45982
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 45418
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 45319
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 44561
21.0%
15
Poland
DKK 44303
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 44093
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 41615
26.2%
18
Finland
DKK 39071
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 38366
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 37534
33.5%
21
Netherlands
DKK 35503
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 33006
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 51417
8.9%
1
Canada
DKK 43596
22.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 56420
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 56420
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 53387
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 52698
6.6%
4
Taiwan
DKK 51426
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 49792
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 49766
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 49712
11.9%
8
Philippines
DKK 49382
12.5%
9
Indonesia
DKK 49139
12.9%
10
Japan
DKK 45846
18.7%
11
India
DKK 45483
19.4%
12
Vietnam
DKK 45414
19.5%
13
Singapore
DKK 45162
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 44685
20.8%
15
China
DKK 40401
28.4%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 51935
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 51906
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 51088
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 51010
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 50496
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 50214
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 49367
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 48877
13.4%
8
Brazil
DKK 48474
14.1%
9
Chile
DKK 46490
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 45080
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 36624
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 52083
7.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 46897
16.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 44447
21.2%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 43826
22.3%
4
Cameroon
DKK 43791
22.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 43134
23.6%
6
Angola
DKK 42148
25.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 41828
25.9%
8
Nigeria
DKK 39247
30.4%
9
Uganda
DKK 38732
31.4%
10
Senegal
DKK 38520
31.7%
11
Zambia
DKK 37704
33.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 53599
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 53599
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 51906
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 51906
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 50778
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 50214
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 49001
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 44171
21.7%
8
Lebanon
DKK 43640
22.7%
9
Turkey
DKK 33756
40.2%
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.