Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
59,544 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,623 kr
Communal tax
- 10,708 kr
Church tax
- 407 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 18,874 kr
Net pay
* 40,670 kr
Marginal tax rate
30.9%
Average tax rate
31.7%
68.3%
Net pay
31.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
40,670 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
18,874 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
32,796 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 59,544 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.51 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
44.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 31.7% tax rate now rises to 44.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 59,544 kr a year living in the region of Vejle, Denmark, you will be taxed 18,874 kr. That means that your net pay will be 40,670 kr per year, or 3,389 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 31.7% 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 30.88 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 69.12 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 54162
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45912
22.9%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 54613
8.3%
1
Morocco
DKK 49010
17.7%
2
Mozambique
DKK 46734
21.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45979
22.8%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45842
23.0%
5
Kenya
DKK 45308
23.9%
6
Angola
DKK 44436
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 44042
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 41372
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40763
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 40550
31.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 39469
33.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 56567
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 56567
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54780
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54781
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53590
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52994
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51714
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46580
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45983
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35325
40.7%
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.