Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 556 kr
Communal tax
- 356 kr
Church tax
- 13.20 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,061 kr
Net pay
* 2,939 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
41.2%
58.8%
Net pay
41.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
2,939 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,061 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,982 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 31.96 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
84.5%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 41.2% tax rate now rises to 84.5%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 43.3% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,000 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,061 kr. That means that your net pay will be 2,939 kr per year, or 245 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 41.2% 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 4921
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 4567
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.