Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
5,541 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 616 kr
Communal tax
- 477 kr
Church tax
- 17.93 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 2,247 kr
Net pay
* 3,294 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
40.6%
59.4%
Net pay
40.6%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
3,294 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
2,247 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,169 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 5,541 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 29.18 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
83.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 40.6% tax rate now rises to 83.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 42.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 5,541 kr a year living in the region of Assens, Denmark, you will be taxed 2,247 kr. That means that your net pay will be 3,294 kr per year, or 274 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 40.6% 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 33.16 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.84 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,342 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 5401
2.5%
1
USA
DKK 5061
8.7%
2
Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 5541
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 5264
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 5264
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 5098
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 5098
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 4932
11.0%
6
Lebanon
DKK 4868
12.1%
7
Egypt
DKK 4813
13.1%
8
Israel
DKK 4812
13.2%
9
Turkey
DKK 4668
15.8%
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.