Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,504 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,284 kr
Communal tax
- 8,416 kr
Church tax
- 320 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,156 kr
Net pay
* 32,348 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.9%
68.1%
Net pay
31.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
32,348 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,156 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,077 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 47,504 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.12 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.9% tax rate now rises to 47.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47,504 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,156 kr. That means that your net pay will be 32,348 kr per year, or 2,696 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.9% and your marginal tax rate is 30.9%. 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 30.89 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.11 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 691 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,456 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 47504
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 47504
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 45891
3.4%
3
Austria
DKK 44618
6.1%
4
Spain
DKK 44487
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 44083
7.2%
6
Italy
DKK 43138
9.2%
7
France
DKK 42896
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 42279
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 42253
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 41328
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 38716
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 38241
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 38158
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 37859
20.3%
15
Poland
DKK 37302
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 37125
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 35275
25.7%
18
Finland
DKK 32897
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 32303
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 31535
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 29895
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 27790
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43410
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37296
21.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 47504
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 47504
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 44917
5.5%
3
Pakistan
DKK 44896
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 43299
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 42685
10.1%
6
South Korea
DKK 41980
11.6%
7
Malaysia
DKK 41918
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 41856
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 41787
12.0%
10
India
DKK 39492
16.9%
11
Vietnam
DKK 38631
18.7%
12
Japan
DKK 38601
18.7%
13
Singapore
DKK 38006
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 37623
20.8%
15
China
DKK 34741
26.9%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 43727
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 43704
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 43015
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 42949
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 42516
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 42279
11.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 41855
11.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 41848
11.9%
8
Peru
DKK 41566
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 39143
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 37956
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 30829
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 44861
5.6%
1
Morocco
DKK 40864
14.0%
2
Mozambique
DKK 37673
20.7%
3
Cameroon
DKK 37663
20.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 37647
20.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 36946
22.2%
6
Angola
DKK 35618
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35509
25.3%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33183
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 32937
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 32800
31.0%
11
Zambia
DKK 32667
31.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 45129
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 45129
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 43704
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 43704
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 42754
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 42279
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 41257
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 37280
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 36953
22.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 28994
39.0%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vejle 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.