Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
42,492 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 4,726 kr
Communal tax
- 8,036 kr
Church tax
- 325 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 14,223 kr
Net pay
* 28,269 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
28,269 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
14,223 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
28,145 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 42,492 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.62 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
49.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 49.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 16.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 42,492 kr a year living in the region of Vordingborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 14,223 kr. That means that your net pay will be 28,269 kr per year, or 2,356 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% 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 32.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 42492
0.0%
1
Austria
DKK 42492
0.0%
2
Ireland
DKK 42492
0.0%
3
Norway
DKK 42023
1.1%
4
Spain
DKK 39794
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 39412
7.3%
6
Italy
DKK 38587
9.2%
7
France
DKK 38370
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 37818
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 37797
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 36968
13.0%
11
Germany
DKK 36354
14.5%
12
Hungary
DKK 34631
18.5%
13
Ukraine
DKK 34206
19.5%
14
Sweden
DKK 34088
19.8%
15
Poland
DKK 33366
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 33208
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 31635
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 29426
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 28895
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 28163
33.7%
21
Netherlands
DKK 26740
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 24858
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 38813
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 33816
20.4%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 42492
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 42492
0.0%
2
Pakistan
DKK 40511
4.7%
3
Thailand
DKK 40156
5.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 38731
8.9%
5
Taiwan
DKK 38731
8.9%
6
Indonesia
DKK 37655
11.4%
7
South Korea
DKK 37602
11.5%
8
Malaysia
DKK 37492
11.8%
9
New Zealand
DKK 37440
11.9%
10
India
DKK 36520
14.1%
11
Singapore
DKK 35878
15.6%
12
Vietnam
DKK 34818
18.1%
13
Japan
DKK 34528
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 33654
20.8%
15
China
DKK 31943
24.8%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 39114
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 39093
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 38477
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 38418
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 38030
10.5%
5
Brazil
DKK 37910
10.8%
6
Panama
DKK 37818
11.0%
7
Mexico
DKK 37814
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 37181
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 35013
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 33951
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 27571
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 40801
4.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 37354
12.1%
2
Cameroon
DKK 34218
19.5%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 34066
19.8%
4
Mozambique
DKK 33813
20.4%
5
Kenya
DKK 33485
21.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 31957
24.8%
7
Angola
DKK 31948
24.8%
8
Zambia
DKK 29835
29.8%
9
Nigeria
DKK 29773
29.9%
10
Senegal
DKK 29689
30.1%
11
Uganda
DKK 29679
30.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 40367
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 40367
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 39093
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 39093
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 38243
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 37818
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 36904
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 33396
21.4%
8
Lebanon
DKK 33194
21.9%
9
Turkey
DKK 26075
38.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Vordingborg 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.