Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
28,329 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,151 kr
Communal tax
- 5,214 kr
Church tax
- 193 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,694 kr
Net pay
* 18,635 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
34.2%
65.8%
Net pay
34.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
18,635 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,694 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,616 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 28,329 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.34 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
55.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.2% tax rate now rises to 55.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.7% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 28,329 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,694 kr. That means that your net pay will be 18,635 kr per year, or 1,553 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.2% 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.
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 28046
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 25897
8.6%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 23684
16.4%
3
Cameroon
DKK 23678
16.4%
4
Kenya
DKK 23667
16.5%
5
Mozambique
DKK 22908
19.1%
6
Ghana
DKK 21919
22.6%
7
Zambia
DKK 21833
22.9%
8
Angola
DKK 21521
24.0%
9
Senegal
DKK 20568
27.4%
10
Uganda
DKK 20473
27.7%
11
Nigeria
DKK 20140
28.9%
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.