Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
15,152 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,685 kr
Communal tax
- 2,470 kr
Church tax
- 91.65 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 5,383 kr
Net pay
* 9,769 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
35.5%
64.5%
Net pay
35.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
9,769 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
5,383 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
19,304 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 15,152 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 12.74 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
66.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.5% tax rate now rises to 66.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 30.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 15,152 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 5,383 kr. That means that your net pay will be 9,769 kr per year, or 814 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.5% 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 32.73 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.27 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 13840
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 13645
10.0%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 15152
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 14394
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 14394
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 13940
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 13940
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 13485
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 13160
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 12591
16.9%
8
Egypt
DKK 11911
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 10152
33.0%
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.