Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
49,920 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,553 kr
Communal tax
- 9,673 kr
Church tax
- 353 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 16,714 kr
Net pay
* 33,206 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
33,206 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
16,714 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
30,635 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 49,920 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.14 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.0%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 48.0%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 49,920 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 16,714 kr. That means that your net pay will be 33,206 kr per year, or 2,767 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.62 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.38 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,369 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 49920
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 49920
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 47703
4.4%
3
Spain
DKK 46750
6.4%
4
Switzerland
DKK 46335
7.2%
5
Italy
DKK 45332
9.2%
6
France
DKK 45078
9.7%
7
Austria
DKK 44501
10.9%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 44429
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 44400
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 43430
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 40685
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 40186
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 40098
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 39677
20.5%
15
Poland
DKK 39199
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 39013
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 36993
25.9%
18
Finland
DKK 34570
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 33946
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 33161
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 31415
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 29203
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 45608
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 38974
21.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 45951
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 45926
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 45203
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 45133
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 44678
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 44429
11.0%
6
Mexico
DKK 43770
12.3%
7
Peru
DKK 43680
12.5%
8
Brazil
DKK 43662
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 41134
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 39886
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 32399
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 46818
6.2%
1
Morocco
DKK 42501
14.9%
2
Mozambique
DKK 39533
20.8%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 39343
21.2%
4
Cameroon
DKK 39323
21.2%
5
Kenya
DKK 38615
22.7%
6
Angola
DKK 37388
25.1%
7
Ghana
DKK 37221
25.4%
8
Nigeria
DKK 34826
30.2%
9
Uganda
DKK 34507
30.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 34322
31.3%
11
Zambia
DKK 34032
31.8%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Viborg 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.