Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,320 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,263 kr
Communal tax
- 9,169 kr
Church tax
- 340 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,908 kr
Net pay
* 31,412 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
33.6%
66.4%
Net pay
33.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
31,412 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,908 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,830 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 47,320 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 6.30 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
48.7%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.6% tax rate now rises to 48.7%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 15.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 47,320 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,908 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31,412 kr per year, or 2,618 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.6% 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.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 47320
0.0%
1
Ireland
DKK 47320
0.0%
2
Norway
DKK 45753
3.3%
3
Austria
DKK 44626
5.7%
4
Spain
DKK 44315
6.4%
5
Switzerland
DKK 43911
7.2%
6
Italy
DKK 42971
9.2%
7
France
DKK 42730
9.7%
8
Czech Republic
DKK 42115
11.0%
9
Luxembourg
DKK 42089
11.1%
10
Russia
DKK 41168
13.0%
11
Hungary
DKK 38566
18.5%
12
Ukraine
DKK 38093
19.5%
13
Germany
DKK 38010
19.7%
14
Sweden
DKK 37720
20.3%
15
Poland
DKK 37158
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 36981
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 35144
25.7%
18
Finland
DKK 32769
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 32178
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 31412
33.6%
21
Netherlands
DKK 29779
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 27682
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43241
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37169
21.5%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 47320
0.0%
1
Hong Kong
DKK 47320
0.0%
2
Thailand
DKK 44742
5.5%
3
Pakistan
DKK 44735
5.5%
4
Taiwan
DKK 43132
8.9%
5
Philippines
DKK 42540
10.1%
6
South Korea
DKK 41819
11.6%
7
Malaysia
DKK 41755
11.8%
8
New Zealand
DKK 41694
11.9%
9
Indonesia
DKK 41636
12.0%
10
India
DKK 39368
16.8%
11
Vietnam
DKK 38491
18.7%
12
Japan
DKK 38452
18.7%
13
Singapore
DKK 37857
20.0%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 37477
20.8%
15
China
DKK 34665
26.7%
16
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Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 43558
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 43534
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 42848
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 42783
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 42351
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 42115
11.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 41711
11.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 41702
11.9%
8
Peru
DKK 41405
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 38992
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 37809
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 30709
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 44712
5.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 40738
13.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 37536
20.7%
3
Mozambique
DKK 37531
20.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 37518
20.7%
5
Kenya
DKK 36819
22.2%
6
Angola
DKK 35484
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35379
25.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33057
30.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 32817
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 32688
30.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 32563
31.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 44954
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 44954
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 43534
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 43534
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 42588
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 42115
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 41097
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 37138
21.5%
8
Lebanon
DKK 36815
22.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 28887
39.0%
10
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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.