Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,750 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,307 kr
Communal tax
- 1,761 kr
Church tax
- 65.37 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,270 kr
Net pay
* 7,481 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
36.3%
63.7%
Net pay
36.3%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,481 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,270 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,191 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,750 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.48 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
70.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.3% tax rate now rises to 70.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,750 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,270 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,481 kr per year, or 623 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.3% 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 32.71 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.29 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 3,365 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 11750
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 11750
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 11750
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 11750
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 11750
0.0%
5
Sweden
DKK 11684
0.6%
6
Spain
DKK 11004
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 10760
8.4%
8
Italy
DKK 10670
9.2%
9
France
DKK 10610
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 10457
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 10452
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 10223
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 9576
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 9459
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 9227
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 9183
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 8748
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 8137
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 7990
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 7481
36.3%
21
Netherlands
DKK 7395
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 6874
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10800
8.1%
1
USA
DKK 10732
8.7%
2
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.