Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,496 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,618 kr
Communal tax
- 11,522 kr
Church tax
- 485 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,760 kr
Net pay
* 39,736 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
33.2%
66.8%
Net pay
33.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,736 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,760 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,682 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,496 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.66 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.2% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,496 kr a year living in the region of Vejen, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,760 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,736 kr per year, or 3,311 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.2% 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 59496
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 59496
0.0%
2
Spain
DKK 55718
6.4%
3
Switzerland
DKK 55259
7.1%
4
Norway
DKK 54945
7.7%
5
Italy
DKK 54028
9.2%
6
France
DKK 53725
9.7%
7
Czech Republic
DKK 52938
11.0%
8
Luxembourg
DKK 52813
11.2%
9
Russia
DKK 51762
13.0%
10
Austria
DKK 50585
15.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 48489
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 47894
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 47790
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 46871
21.2%
15
Poland
DKK 46537
21.8%
16
Greece
DKK 46497
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 43776
26.4%
18
Finland
DKK 41201
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 40457
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 39603
33.4%
21
Netherlands
DKK 37438
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 34805
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54119
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45877
22.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 59496
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 59496
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 56309
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 55389
6.9%
4
Taiwan
DKK 54230
8.9%
5
Malaysia
DKK 52506
11.8%
6
South Korea
DKK 52452
11.8%
7
New Zealand
DKK 52348
12.0%
8
Philippines
DKK 51678
13.1%
9
Indonesia
DKK 51675
13.2%
10
Japan
DKK 48346
18.7%
11
Vietnam
DKK 47754
19.7%
12
Singapore
DKK 47611
20.0%
13
India
DKK 47550
20.1%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 47121
20.8%
15
China
DKK 42546
28.5%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54766
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54736
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53874
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53791
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 53249
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52951
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 52059
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 51216
13.9%
8
Brazil
DKK 50692
14.8%
9
Chile
DKK 49025
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47537
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38624
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54574
8.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 48979
17.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46700
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45946
22.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45811
23.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 45275
23.9%
6
Angola
DKK 44401
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44008
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41340
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40731
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40519
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39442
33.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56521
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56521
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54736
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54736
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53546
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52952
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51672
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46543
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45947
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35301
40.7%
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.