Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
963 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 107 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 1,243 kr
Net pay
* 13.09 kr
Marginal tax rate
16.3%
Average tax rate
99.0%
1.0%
Net pay
99.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13.09 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
1,243 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
15,165 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 1,256 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 120.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
99.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 99% tax rate now rises to 99.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 0.90000000000001% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 963 kr a year living in the region of Aabenraa, Denmark, you will be taxed 1,243 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13.09 kr per year, or 1.09 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 99.0% and your marginal tax rate is 16.3%. 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 16.34 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 83.66 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 837 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 4,183 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 948
1.6%
1
USA
DKK 880
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.