Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
1,042 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 116 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,252 kr
Net pay
* 58.06 kr
Marginal tax rate
16.3%
Average tax rate
95.6%
4.4%
Net pay
95.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
58.06 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,252 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,173 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,310 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 115.85 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
99.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 95.6% tax rate now rises to 99.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 1,042 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,252 kr. That means that your net pay will be 58.06 kr per year, or 4.84 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 95.6% and your marginal tax rate is 16.3%. 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 16.34 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 83.66 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 837 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,183 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 1026
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 952
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 1017
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 964
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 959
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 959
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 944
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 942
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 933
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 927
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 912
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 865
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 859
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 853
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 1032
1.0%
1
Uganda
DKK 990
5.0%
2
Ghana
DKK 985
5.5%
3
Zambia
DKK 979
6.0%
4
Morocco
DKK 972
6.7%
5
Ivory Coast
DKK 964
7.5%
6
Senegal
DKK 942
9.6%
7
Angola
DKK 929
10.9%
8
Cameroon
DKK 879
15.6%
9
Nigeria
DKK 867
16.8%
10
Mozambique
DKK 848
18.7%
11
Kenya
DKK 813
22.0%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Egypt
DKK 1042
0.0%
1
Saudi Arabia
DKK 1042
0.0%
2
United Arab Emirates
DKK 990
5.0%
3
Qatar
DKK 990
5.0%
4
Lebanon
DKK 959
8.0%
5
Oman
DKK 959
8.0%
6
Bahrain
DKK 959
8.0%
7
Kuwait
DKK 927
11.0%
8
Israel
DKK 905
13.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 878
15.8%
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.