Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
21,476 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,389 kr
Communal tax
- 3,861 kr
Church tax
- 145 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 7,530 kr
Net pay
* 13,946 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.1%
Average tax rate
35.1%
64.9%
Net pay
35.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
13,946 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
7,530 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
21,452 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 21,476 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 9.99 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
60.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 35.1% tax rate now rises to 60.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 25.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 21,476 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 7,530 kr. That means that your net pay will be 13,946 kr per year, or 1,162 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 35.1% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.15 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.85 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 669 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,343 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 19616
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 18749
12.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 20869
2.8%
1
Colombia
DKK 22021
7.2%
2
Brazil
DKK 19809
7.8%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 19769
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 19446
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 19417
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 19221
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 19114
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 18791
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 17825
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 17696
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 17589
18.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 21476
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 20402
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 20402
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 19758
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 19758
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 19114
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 18652
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 17432
18.8%
8
Egypt
DKK 16888
21.4%
9
Turkey
DKK 13835
35.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Assens 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.