Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
6,975 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 776 kr
Communal tax
- 767 kr
Church tax
- 28.47 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,707 kr
Net pay
* 4,268 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.7%
Average tax rate
38.8%
61.2%
Net pay
38.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,268 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,707 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,629 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 6,975 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 23.84 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
79.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.8% tax rate now rises to 79.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 40.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 6,975 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,707 kr. That means that your net pay will be 4,268 kr per year, or 356 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 38.8% 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
Canada
DKK 6666
4.4%
1
USA
DKK 6371
8.7%
2
Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 6905
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 6556
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 6505
6.7%
3
Uganda
DKK 6436
7.7%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 6324
9.3%
5
Senegal
DKK 6130
12.1%
6
Kenya
DKK 6089
12.7%
7
Mozambique
DKK 5891
15.5%
8
Ghana
DKK 5887
15.6%
9
Cameroon
DKK 5885
15.6%
10
Angola
DKK 5510
21.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 5391
22.7%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 6975
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 6626
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 6626
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 6417
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 6417
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 6208
11.0%
6
Lebanon
DKK 6073
12.9%
7
Israel
DKK 6058
13.2%
8
Egypt
DKK 5958
14.6%
9
Turkey
DKK 5848
16.2%
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.