Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
20,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,225 kr
Communal tax
- 3,333 kr
Church tax
- 101 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,794 kr
Net pay
* 13,206 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.7%
Average tax rate
34.0%
66.0%
Net pay
34.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,206 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,794 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,715 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 20,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.36 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
61.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34% tax rate now rises to 61.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.1% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 20,000 kr a year living in the region of Aarhus, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,794 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,206 kr per year, or 1,101 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.0% and your marginal tax rate is 31.7%. 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 31.67 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.33 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 683 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,417 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 18268
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17583
12.1%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 19460
2.7%
1
Colombia
DKK 20502
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 18460
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 18410
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 18110
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 18082
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 17900
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 17800
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 17500
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 16600
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 16480
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 16380
18.1%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Aarhus 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.