Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 890 kr
Communal tax
- 977 kr
Church tax
- 27.58 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,030 kr
Net pay
* 4,970 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.5%
Average tax rate
37.9%
62.1%
Net pay
37.9%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
4,970 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,030 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
16,951 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 21.19 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
77.3%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 37.9% tax rate now rises to 77.3%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 39.4% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,000 kr a year living in the region of Ballerup, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,030 kr. That means that your net pay will be 4,970 kr per year, or 414 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 37.9% 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.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 8000
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 8000
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 8000
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 8000
0.0%
4
Sweden
DKK 8000
0.0%
5
Norway
DKK 8000
0.0%
6
Spain
DKK 7492
6.4%
7
Switzerland
DKK 7265
9.2%
8
Italy
DKK 7265
9.2%
9
France
DKK 7224
9.7%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 7120
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 7116
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 6960
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 6520
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 6440
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 6282
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 6252
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 5956
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 5540
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 5440
32.0%
20
Netherlands
DKK 5033
37.1%
21
Denmark
DKK 4958
38.0%
22
Romania
DKK 4680
41.5%
23
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North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 7570
5.4%
1
USA
DKK 7307
8.7%
2
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.