Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
8,424 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 937 kr
Communal tax
- 1,094 kr
Church tax
- 38.83 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 3,205 kr
Net pay
* 5,219 kr
Marginal tax rate
33.2%
Average tax rate
38.1%
61.9%
Net pay
38.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
5,219 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
3,205 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
17,127 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 8,424 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 20.33 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
76.6%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 38.1% tax rate now rises to 76.6%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 38.5% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 8,424 kr a year living in the region of Bornholms Regionskommune, Denmark, you will be taxed 3,205 kr. That means that your net pay will be 5,219 kr per year, or 435 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 38.1% and your marginal tax rate is 33.2%. 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 33.19 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 66.81 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 668 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,341 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Canada
DKK 7944
5.7%
1
USA
DKK 7694
8.7%
2
NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Bornholms Regionskommune 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.