Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
47,407 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 5,273 kr
Communal tax
- 9,187 kr
Church tax
- 341 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 15,937 kr
Net pay
* 31,470 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
31,470 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
15,937 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
29,858 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 47,407 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 47,407 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 15,937 kr. That means that your net pay will be 31,470 kr per year, or 2,623 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 43321
8.6%
1
Canada
DKK 37229
21.5%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 43638
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 43614
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 42927
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 42861
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 42429
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 42192
11.0%
6
Brazil
DKK 41779
11.9%
7
Mexico
DKK 41771
11.9%
8
Peru
DKK 41481
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 39063
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 37878
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 30766
35.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 44782
5.5%
1
Morocco
DKK 40797
13.9%
2
Cameroon
DKK 37596
20.7%
3
Mozambique
DKK 37598
20.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 37579
20.7%
5
Kenya
DKK 36879
22.2%
6
Angola
DKK 35547
25.0%
7
Ghana
DKK 35440
25.2%
8
Nigeria
DKK 33117
30.1%
9
Uganda
DKK 32874
30.7%
10
Senegal
DKK 32741
30.9%
11
Zambia
DKK 32612
31.2%
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.