Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,507 kr
Communal tax
- 11,452 kr
Church tax
- 418 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,513 kr
Net pay
* 38,987 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
33.4%
66.6%
Net pay
33.4%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
38,987 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,513 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,434 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 58,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.72 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
46.2%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.4% tax rate now rises to 46.2%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 58,500 kr a year living in the region of Viborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,513 kr. That means that your net pay will be 38,987 kr per year, or 3,249 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.4% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 53245
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45138
22.8%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 53767
8.1%
1
Morocco
DKK 48320
17.4%
2
Mozambique
DKK 45983
21.4%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 45260
22.6%
4
Cameroon
DKK 45179
22.8%
5
Kenya
DKK 44587
23.8%
6
Angola
DKK 43671
25.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 43302
26.0%
8
Nigeria
DKK 40662
30.5%
9
Uganda
DKK 40084
31.5%
10
Senegal
DKK 39872
31.8%
11
Zambia
DKK 38879
33.5%
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.