Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,509 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,170 kr
Communal tax
- 3,364 kr
Church tax
- 94.99 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,765 kr
Net pay
* 12,744 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.4%
Average tax rate
34.7%
65.3%
Net pay
34.7%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,744 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,765 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,686 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 19,509 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.60 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
61.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 34.7% tax rate now rises to 61.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.2% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,509 kr a year living in the region of Ballerup, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,765 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,744 kr per year, or 1,062 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 34.7% 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.
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Mexico
DKK 18991
2.7%
1
Colombia
DKK 19629
7.4%
2
Brazil
DKK 18011
7.7%
3
Puerto Rico
DKK 17958
8.0%
4
Ecuador
DKK 17665
9.5%
5
Guatemala
DKK 17638
9.6%
6
Costa Rica
DKK 17461
10.5%
7
Panama
DKK 17363
11.0%
8
Peru
DKK 17070
12.5%
9
Argentina
DKK 16192
17.0%
10
Chile
DKK 16075
17.6%
11
Uruguay
DKK 15978
18.1%
12
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 19314
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 18194
6.7%
2
Kenya
DKK 16804
13.9%
3
Ivory Coast
DKK 16756
14.1%
4
Zambia
DKK 16684
14.5%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16460
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 16116
17.4%
7
Ghana
DKK 15646
19.8%
8
Senegal
DKK 15068
22.8%
9
Angola
DKK 15010
23.1%
10
Uganda
DKK 14776
24.3%
11
Nigeria
DKK 14140
27.5%
12
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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.