Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,000 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,113 kr
Communal tax
- 3,067 kr
Church tax
- 114 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,430 kr
Net pay
* 12,570 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
33.8%
66.2%
Net pay
33.8%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
12,570 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,430 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,351 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 19,000 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 10.71 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
61.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 61.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 28% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,000 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,430 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,570 kr per year, or 1,048 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.8% and your marginal tax rate is 31.4%. 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 31.37 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 68.63 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 686 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,432 kr of net incomes.
Europe
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Kingdom
DKK 19000
0.0%
1
Germany
DKK 19000
0.0%
2
Austria
DKK 19000
0.0%
3
Ireland
DKK 19000
0.0%
4
Norway
DKK 19000
0.0%
5
Spain
DKK 17794
6.4%
6
Switzerland
DKK 17517
7.8%
7
Italy
DKK 17254
9.2%
8
France
DKK 17157
9.7%
9
Sweden
DKK 17130
9.8%
10
Czech Republic
DKK 16910
11.0%
11
Luxembourg
DKK 16901
11.1%
12
Russia
DKK 16530
13.0%
13
Hungary
DKK 15485
18.5%
14
Ukraine
DKK 15295
19.5%
15
Poland
DKK 14920
21.5%
16
Greece
DKK 14849
21.9%
17
Portugal
DKK 14146
25.6%
18
Finland
DKK 13157
30.8%
19
Belgium
DKK 12920
32.0%
20
Denmark
DKK 12358
35.0%
21
Netherlands
DKK 11954
37.1%
22
Romania
DKK 11115
41.5%
23
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Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 19000
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 19000
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 19000
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 18828
0.9%
4
Thailand
DKK 18050
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 17895
5.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 17458
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 17318
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 16969
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 16752
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 16741
11.9%
11
India
DKK 16720
12.0%
12
China
DKK 16495
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 16102
15.3%
14
Japan
DKK 15439
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 15048
20.8%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 18810
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 17719
6.7%
2
Kenya
DKK 16383
13.8%
3
Zambia
DKK 16367
13.9%
4
Ivory Coast
DKK 16338
14.0%
5
Cameroon
DKK 16031
15.6%
6
Mozambique
DKK 15717
17.3%
7
Ghana
DKK 15262
19.7%
8
Senegal
DKK 14734
22.5%
9
Angola
DKK 14634
23.0%
10
Uganda
DKK 14449
24.0%
11
Nigeria
DKK 13794
27.4%
12
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Billund 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.