Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
19,509 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 2,170 kr
Communal tax
- 3,166 kr
Church tax
- 117 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 6,589 kr
Net pay
* 12,920 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
12,920 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
6,589 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
20,511 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, 10.51 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
61.4%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.8% tax rate now rises to 61.4%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 27.6% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 19,509 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 6,589 kr. That means that your net pay will be 12,920 kr per year, or 1,077 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.
Compare average tax
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 17819
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 17184
11.9%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 19509
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 19509
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 19509
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 19324
1.0%
4
Thailand
DKK 18534
5.0%
5
Philippines
DKK 18378
5.8%
6
Indonesia
DKK 17927
8.1%
7
Taiwan
DKK 17782
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 17424
10.7%
9
Malaysia
DKK 17199
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 17189
11.9%
11
India
DKK 17168
12.0%
12
China
DKK 16937
13.2%
13
Vietnam
DKK 16529
15.3%
14
Japan
DKK 15853
18.7%
15
Kazakhstan
DKK 15451
20.8%
16
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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 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.