Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
11,500 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 1,279 kr
Communal tax
- 1,703 kr
Church tax
- 48.08 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 4,166 kr
Net pay
* 7,334 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
36.2%
63.8%
Net pay
36.2%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
7,334 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
4,166 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
18,087 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 11,500 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 15.73 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
71.1%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 36.2% tax rate now rises to 71.1%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 34.9% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 11,500 kr a year living in the region of Ballerup, Denmark, you will be taxed 4,166 kr. That means that your net pay will be 7,334 kr per year, or 611 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 36.2% and your marginal tax rate is 32.5%. 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 32.45 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.55 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 676 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,378 kr of net incomes.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 10591
7.9%
1
USA
DKK 10504
8.7%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 11227
2.4%
1
Brazil
DKK 10637
7.5%
2
Puerto Rico
DKK 10586
8.0%
3
Colombia
DKK 10580
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 10413
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 10397
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 10292
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 10235
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 10063
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 9545
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 9476
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 9419
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 11385
1.0%
1
Zambia
DKK 10810
6.0%
2
Morocco
DKK 10725
6.7%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 10159
11.7%
4
Kenya
DKK 10043
12.7%
5
Cameroon
DKK 9703
15.6%
6
Uganda
DKK 9661
16.0%
7
Mozambique
DKK 9602
16.5%
8
Senegal
DKK 9601
16.5%
9
Ghana
DKK 9415
18.1%
10
Angola
DKK 8985
21.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 8600
25.2%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Saudi Arabia
DKK 11500
0.0%
1
United Arab Emirates
DKK 10925
5.0%
2
Qatar
DKK 10925
5.0%
3
Bahrain
DKK 10580
8.0%
4
Oman
DKK 10580
8.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 10235
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 9988
13.2%
7
Lebanon
DKK 9706
15.6%
8
Egypt
DKK 9311
19.0%
9
Turkey
DKK 9052
21.3%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Ballerup 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.