Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
28,841 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 3,208 kr
Communal tax
- 4,988 kr
Church tax
- 185 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 9,517 kr
Net pay
* 19,324 kr
Marginal tax rate
31.4%
Average tax rate
33.0%
67.0%
Net pay
33.0%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
19,324 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
9,517 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
23,438 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 28,841 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 8.13 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
54.8%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33% tax rate now rises to 54.8%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 21.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 28,841 kr a year living in the region of Billund, Denmark, you will be taxed 9,517 kr. That means that your net pay will be 19,324 kr per year, or 1,610 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.0% 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.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 26343
8.7%
1
Canada
DKK 24301
15.7%
2
Asia / Pacific
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Australia
DKK 28841
0.0%
1
Singapore
DKK 28841
0.0%
2
Hong Kong
DKK 28841
0.0%
3
Pakistan
DKK 28406
1.5%
4
Philippines
DKK 27465
4.8%
5
Thailand
DKK 27392
5.0%
6
Indonesia
DKK 26348
8.6%
7
Taiwan
DKK 26288
8.9%
8
South Korea
DKK 25681
11.0%
9
Malaysia
DKK 25437
11.8%
10
New Zealand
DKK 25412
11.9%
11
India
DKK 25380
12.0%
12
Vietnam
DKK 24062
16.6%
13
Japan
DKK 23436
18.7%
14
Kazakhstan
DKK 22842
20.8%
15
China
DKK 22292
22.7%
16
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Africa
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
South Africa
DKK 28553
1.0%
1
Morocco
DKK 26327
8.7%
2
Ivory Coast
DKK 24088
16.5%
3
Cameroon
DKK 24083
16.5%
4
Kenya
DKK 24018
16.7%
5
Mozambique
DKK 23302
19.2%
6
Ghana
DKK 22282
22.7%
7
Zambia
DKK 22122
23.3%
8
Angola
DKK 21898
24.1%
9
Senegal
DKK 20898
27.5%
10
Uganda
DKK 20806
27.9%
11
Nigeria
DKK 20488
29.0%
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.