Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
2,156 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 240 kr
Communal tax
- 420 kr
Church tax
- 15.60 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 47.33 kr
Total tax
- 723 kr
Net pay
* 1,433 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.5%
66.5%
Net pay
33.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
1,433 kr
Net pay
580 kr
Tax the employer pays
723 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
1,303 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 580 kr to pay you 2,156 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.04 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
47.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.5% tax rate now rises to 47.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 14.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 51,744 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 17,356 kr. That means that your net pay will be 34,388 kr per year, or 2,866 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.5% and your marginal tax rate is 32.7%. 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 32.72 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.28 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 673 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,364 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 47240
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 40257
22.2%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 51744
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 51744
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 48945
5.4%
3
Pakistan
DKK 48606
6.1%
4
Taiwan
DKK 47164
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 45909
11.3%
6
South Korea
DKK 45682
11.7%
7
Malaysia
DKK 45661
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 45592
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 45283
12.5%
10
India
DKK 42341
18.2%
11
Japan
DKK 42046
18.7%
12
Vietnam
DKK 41856
19.1%
13
Singapore
DKK 41432
19.9%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 40981
20.8%
15
China
DKK 37139
28.2%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 47630
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 47604
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 46854
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 46783
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 46311
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 46052
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 45276
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 45213
12.6%
8
Brazil
DKK 45025
13.0%
9
Chile
DKK 42637
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 41343
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 33585
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 48295
6.7%
1
Morocco
DKK 43724
15.5%
2
Mozambique
DKK 40926
20.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 40605
21.5%
4
Cameroon
DKK 40577
21.6%
5
Kenya
DKK 39875
22.9%
6
Angola
DKK 38724
25.2%
7
Ghana
DKK 38514
25.6%
8
Nigeria
DKK 36067
30.3%
9
Uganda
DKK 35693
31.0%
10
Senegal
DKK 35493
31.4%
11
Zambia
DKK 35062
32.2%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aabenraa 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.