Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
17,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,946 kr
Communal tax
- 2,936 kr
Church tax
- 113 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,131 kr
Net pay
* 11,369 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.6%
Average tax rate
35.0%
65.0%
Net pay
35.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
11,369 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,131 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,053 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 17,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 11.46 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
63.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35% tax rate now rises to 63.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 28.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 17,500 kr a year living in the region of Aalborg, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,131 kr. That means that your net pay will be 11,369 kr per year, or 947 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.0% and your marginal tax rate is 32.6%. 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 32.59 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.41 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 674 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,371 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 15984
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 15552
11.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 17073
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 16172
7.6%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 16109
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 16100
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 15846
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 15822
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 15662
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 15575
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 15313
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 14525
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 14420
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 14332
18.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aalborg 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.