Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
23,970 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,666 kr
Communal tax
- 4,306 kr
Church tax
- 160 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 8,268 kr
Net pay
* 15,702 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
34.5%
65.5%
Net pay
34.5%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
15,702 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
8,268 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
22,190 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 23,970 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.26 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
58.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.5% tax rate now rises to 58.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 24.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 23,970 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 8,268 kr. That means that your net pay will be 15,702 kr per year, or 1,309 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.5% 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 32.72 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 21894
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 20714
13.6%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 23095
3.7%
1
Colombia
DKK 24316
7.3%
2
Brazil
DKK 22079
7.9%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 22064
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 21705
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 21672
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 21453
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 21333
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 20974
12.5%
9
Chile
DKK 19751
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 19448
18.9%
11
Argentina
DKK 18375
23.3%
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.